During the past 30 years, there have been advances in understanding of the pathogenesis
of Cushing's syndrome and in differential diagnosis of its various forms. Improved diagnostic …

Context: Although the majority of pituitary macroadenomas are clinically nonfunctioning,
treatments as well as follow-up strategy for this condition lack evidence from randomized …

OBJECTIVE: To report the efficacy and safety of microsurgical transsphenoidal surgery in a
series of previously untreated patients with pituitary adenoma. METHODS: One thousand …

Pituitary tumors are frequently encountered intracranial neoplasms. They present with a
variety of clinical manifestations that include symptoms and signs of excessive hormone …

Medical therapy with dopaminergic drugs is the preferred initial treatment for symptomatic
prolactin (PRL)-secreting adenomas; but in recent years, there has been a renewed interest …

Purpose To report a rare case of pituitary metastasis (PM) from hepatocellular carcinoma
(HCC) and help better understand the incidence of PM and its most common presenting …

A validated quality of life (QOL) measure, the SF-36 questionnaire, was used to assess
patients' perception of the impact of a pituitary adenoma, prior to treatment, on his or her …

A long-term retrospective study of 300 patients who underwent fully endoscopic endonasal
pituitary adenoma resection between November 1998 and October 2004. The patients' …

This brief review summarizes various schemes which were introduced to classify pituitary
tumors of adenohypophysial origin. Many different classifications were proposed …

Pituitary tumors cause considerable morbidity due to local invasion, hypopituitarism, or
hormone hypersecretion. In many cases, no suitable drug therapies are available, and …