Background Pituitary tumours are common and easily treated by surgery or medical
treatment in most cases. However, a small subset of pituitary tumours does not respond to …

Adenohypophyseal tumors, which were recently renamed pituitary neuroendocrine tumors
(PitNET), are mostly benign, but may present various behaviors: invasive,“aggressive” and …

The WHO categorizes pituitary tumours as typical adenomas, atypical adenomas and
pituitary carcinomas, with typical adenomas constituting the major class. However, the WHO …

Objectives Only few retrospective studies have reported an efficacy rate of temozolomide
(TMZ) in pituitary tumors (PT), all around 50%. However, the long-term survival of treated …

Background Giant prolactinomas are an unusual subset of macroprolactinomas and are
more commonly found in men. The goal of this review is to propose a giant prolactinoma …

Pituitary adenohypophyseal tumors are considered as benign and termed “adenomas”.
However, many tumors are invasive and a proportion of these exhibit an “aggressive …

Pituitary tumours, the most frequent intracranial tumour, are historically considered benign.
However, various pieces of clinical evidence and recent advances in pathological and …

Pituitary tumors are benign but not uncommonly invade locally into adjacent tissues such as
the cavernous sinus and dura. Some of these invasive tumors exhibit varying degrees of …

Purpose Pituitary tumors are the second most common intracranial tumors, however,
pituitary carcinoma is a rare clinical entity which represents only 0.1–0.2% of all pituitary …

The behaviour of lactotroph tumours varies between benign tumours, those cured by
treatment, and that of aggressive tumours, and carcinomas with metastasis. Identification of …