Objective: We purpose to evaluate the demographic characteristics of patients with acromegaly, laboratory values when diagnosed and during follow-up, clinical symptoms, comorbid conditions treatment methods, response rates. Methods: Data regarding 71 acromegaly who applied Karadeniz Technical University Faculty Medicine Endocrinology Metabolic Diseases polyclinic outpatient setting between 2010...

Introduction: Pituitary Adenomas account for approximately 10-15% of all intracranial tumors. They are classified according to their secretory activity, presenting with varied hormonal and visual symptoms. The aim treatment pituitary adenomas is reversal endocrine dysfunction preservation normal function, along decompression nervous structures control tumor growth in large Aims Objective: this ...

Pituitary hemorrhage is a rare and possibly life-threatening condition caused by acute bleeding in the pituitary gland, usually within a macroadenoma. In this letter we report a case of a large pituitary hemorrhage that fared well with relatively mild sequelae. An 80-year-old Caucasian woman presented with severe headaches of two days duration that started after a fall in the yard without loss ...

The presence of a cerebral aneurysm in patients with pituitary adenoma is a rare event. Diagnostic suspicion may stem from magnetic resonance imaging, which should lead to complementary investigation. As for treatment, even in conditions in which there has been no previous bleeding, the simultaneous approach should be considered, prioritising the aneurysm most of the time. The present report de...

The patient was a 70-year-old man with a recurrent pituitary tumor. Three surgeries were performed but the tumor recurred. Based on histologic, immunohistochemical and ultrastructural studies, the diagnosis of oncocytic gonadotrophic pituitary adenoma was made. The tumor was a macroadenoma partly immunopositive for LH. Immunohistochemistry for O6 Methylguanine-DNA Methyl-Transferase (MGMT) show...

A 41-yr-old man was admitted with acute headache, neck stiffness, and febrile sensation. Cerebrospinal fluid examination showed pleocytosis, an increased protein level and, a decreased glucose concentration. No organisms were observed on a culture study. An imaging study revealed pituitary macroadenoma with hemorrhage. On the 7th day of the attack, confusion, dysarthria, and right-sided facial ...