Background & Aim: We described the presentation, management and subsequent treatment outcomes of children and adolescents diagnosed with a pituitary adenoma in a joint neuroendocrine setting followed up by a single service as well as assessing long-term outcomes in terms of endocrine status and neurology symptoms. Methods & Materials/Patients: A total of 21 participants with histologically v...

objective: prolactinomas are the most common pituitary tumors in pregnant women. we conducted this study on pregnant women with prolactinoma to determine their clinical symptoms and signs and eventual necessity to medical therapy. materials and methods: a descriptive study was performed on 85 pregnant women with prolactinoma.patients were followed up by physical examination, imaging, and perime...

AIM The authors review their experience in the endoscopic endonasal transsphenoidal treatment of 5 patients, finally diagnosed as primary hypophysitis but initially assumed to be pituitary adenomas. MATERIAL AND METHODS A retrospective study was undertaken to review 5 cases of primary non-necrotizing granulomatous hypophysitis (1.61%) through 310 endoscopic transsphenoidally operated cases wi...

The complete resection of intracavernous sinus dermoid cysts is very difficult due to tumor tissue adherence to important anatomical structures such as the internal carotid artery (ICA), cavernous sinus, and cranial nerves. As residual dermoid cyst tissue sometimes induces symptoms and repeat surgery may be required after cyst recurrence, minimal invasiveness is an important consideration when ...

© 2015 Egyptian Journal of Neurosurgery. All rights reserved Background: The endoscope was used in trans-sphenoidal surgery for sellar lesions by Gerard Guiot more than 40 years ago. Interest in endonasal endoscopic transsphenoidal surgery has increased. Objectives: This article presents our experience in the endoscopic trans-sphenoidal approach of the first sixty cases performed in our hospita...

Knowledge of anatomy visualized endoscopically is necessary to perform endoscopic surgical procedures safely. The cavernous sinuses are complicated structures with major blood vessels and nerves seated deeply in the center of the skull base. Anatomical orientation during surgery is essential for deep and narrow skull base surgery. While performing surgery involving the cavernous sinuses, unders...