Advances in understanding pituitary tumors

Advances in understanding pituitary tumors

Pituitary tumors are common in the general population. Since neuroimaging techniques have improved, pituitary tumors are more often diagnosed incidentally. About 16.7% of the general population show changes in the pituitary gland. Predominantly, pituitary tumors are benign pituitary adenomas. Pituitary carcinomas or aggressive pituitary tumors are extremely rare. They might develop from benign ...

Advances in Surgery for Pituitary Tumors

Although benign in nature, pituitary tumors continue to offer many opportunities for improvement in therapy. Goals of treatment include complete removal or ablation of tumor cells, maintenance of normal pituitary function, normalization of elevated hormone levels in endocrine-active tumors, and minimizing adverse effects from therapy. There have been many recent advances related to the surgical...

Advances in the diagnosis and management of pituitary tumors.

The diagnosis of pituitary tumors has improved with advances in magnetic resonance and radionuclide and hormonal testing. The widespread availability of neuroimaging has significantly increased the number of incidental pituitary tumors coming to medical attention. Conventional therapy with transsphenoidal surgery, external-beam radiotherapy, and bromocriptine has enabled the majority of patient...

Pituitary tumors.

Outcome of Transphenoid Surgery for Corticotroph Pituitary Tumors

Background & Importance: The aim of this study was to demonstrate the result of transsphenoid microsurgery for Cushing disease in our center and comparing the results in details with other articles, to achieve the best decision for patients management in future. Case Presentation: Between 1991 to 2015, 50 patients suffering from Cushing disease were operated. Before operation, endocrine t...