Abstract
A patient is described who developed symptomatic hypopituitarism within 18 months of radiotherapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Detailed investigation indicated a lesion at hypothalamic level. The effect of radiation on hypothalamic-pituitary function is discussed.
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