Prolactinomas and nonfunctioning adenomas are the most common types of pituitary
adenomas. Patients with pituitary adenomas may present initially with symptoms of …

Importance Pituitary adenomas may hypersecrete hormones or cause mass effects.
Therefore, early diagnosis and treatment are important. Observations Prevalence of pituitary …

Importance Pituitary adenomas are neoplasms of the pituitary adenohypophyseal cell
lineage and include functioning tumors, characterized by the secretion of pituitary hormones …

Secreting pituitary adenomas that cause acromegaly and Cushing's disease, as well as
prolactinomas and thyrotroph adenomas, are uncommon, usually benign, slow-growing …

Abstract This Consensus Statement from an international, multidisciplinary workshop
sponsored by the Pituitary Society offers evidence-based graded consensus …

Context: Prevalence data are important for assessing the burden of disease on the health
care system; data on pituitary adenoma prevalence are very scarce. Objective: The objective …

Prolactinomas are a common cause of reproductive/sexual dysfunction. Once other causes
of hyperprolactinemia have been excluded with a careful history and physical examination …

BACKGROUND Pituitary adenomas display an array of hormonal and proliferative activity.
Once primarily classified according to size (microadenomas,< 1 cm; macroadenomas,≥ 1 …

Objective To elucidate the long-term outcomes of pituitary adenomas diagnosed in
childhood and adolescence, knowledge of which remains sparse. Design and methods A …

Pituitary adenomas are tumors that arise in the anterior pituitary gland. They are the third
most common cause of central nervous system (CNS) tumors among adults. Most adenomas …