Medical Versus Surgical Management of Prolactinomas

Oct 12, 2017 by in NEUROSURGERY Comments Off on Medical Versus Surgical Management of Prolactinomas

Prolactinomas are the most common hormone-secreting pituitary adenomas, comprising 40% of all pituitary tumors. Prolactinomas present a unique challenge for clinicians, as these tumors are amenable to either medical or…

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Hypopituitarism and Central Diabetes Insipidus

Oct 12, 2017 by in NEUROSURGERY Comments Off on Hypopituitarism and Central Diabetes Insipidus

Pituitary tumors are a unique class of intracranial neoplasms with the potential to disrupt hormone function and water metabolism. Preoperative and postoperative endocrine assessment is mandatory to recognize and promptly…

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Neurosurgical Treatment of Cushing Disease

Oct 12, 2017 by in NEUROSURGERY Comments Off on Neurosurgical Treatment of Cushing Disease

Cushing disease (CD) is caused by overproduction of adrenocorticotropin by a pituitary adenoma (or, rarely, carcinoma). The diagnosis of CD requires distinguishing it from other hypercortisolemic states with a thorough…

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Clinical Management of Pituitary Carcinomas

Oct 12, 2017 by in NEUROSURGERY Comments Off on Clinical Management of Pituitary Carcinomas

Pituitary carcinomas are defined as malignant primary neoplasms of the adenohypophysis with either systemic or craniospinal metastases. Although pituitary adenomas are common, pituitary carcinomas only make up 0.1% to 0.2%…

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Endoscopic Surgery for Pituitary Tumors

Oct 12, 2017 by in NEUROSURGERY Comments Off on Endoscopic Surgery for Pituitary Tumors

The endoscopic transsphenoidal approach to the sella turcica has been developed and refined for the treatment of pituitary lesions. Studies comparing endoscopic transsphenoidal surgery with the traditional microscopic transsphenoidal technique…

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