… Diagnostic workup involves a single prolactin measurement … and histological characteristics
suggested the diagnosis of an … % of patients with aggressive and malignant pituitary tumors. …

… might involve clinical, radiological, pathological and … effect caused by the tumor, elevated
levels of prolactin (PRL) have … the optimal care of patients with aggressive pituitary tumors who …

… of transplantable spontaneous prolactin tumors, grafted in … These results indicated that
pathological markers might help … Early diagnosis and specific treatment of aggressive tumors …

… terms of their clinical and histological presentation, making it … to paucity of data regarding
their management and follow-up. … of patients, after adjusting for the tumor size and the prolactin …

… nonfunctioning tumors and tumors secreting ACTH and prolactin… multimodal treatment are
patients with tumors with histological … Aggressive pituitary tumors are malignant tumors that are …

… 93% of women with prolactin-secreting pituitary adenomas, and … , pathological gambling,
and pathological shopping, have been … , management of locally aggressive pituitary tumors or …

… is a frequent pitfall of prolactin assay. … as a valuable treatment for rare cases of aggressive
and malignant … studies have revealed a high prevalence of pituitary adenomas (10–20%), and …

… therapies, and only ~0.2% become malignant (1, 2). However, … Pathologic features are
described in Table 2. Of note, SF-1 … did not show reduced prolactin (PRL) levels (63). However, …

… nomenclature does not advance patient care, plays only a … as these tumors are associated
with increased aggressiveness … of the tumor (9.5 in corticotroph PCs and 4.7 years in prolactin …

… Radiotherapy is used in pituitary tumors in which surgery fails; … Particularly morphologic
and histological markers that may … between prolactin hypersecretion and tumor formation have …