ALLMedicine Pituitary Macroadenomas Center

May 17th, 2020 - Surgery in patients with non-functioning pituitary macroadenomas (NFMA) is effective in ameliorating visual function. The urgency for decompression, and preferred timing of surgery related to the preoperative severity of dysfunction is unknown. Sy...

Apr 19th, 2020 - Practice Essentials The sellar region is a site of various types of tumors. Pituitary adenomas are the most common. They arise from epithelial pituitary cells and account for 10-15% of all intracranial tumors. Tumors exceeding 10 mm are defined as...

Apr 19th, 2020 - Practice Essentials The sellar region is a site of various types of tumors. Pituitary adenomas are the most common. They arise from epithelial pituitary cells and account for 10-15% of all intracranial tumors. Tumors exceeding 10 mm are defined as...

Apr 12th, 2020 - Invasive growth of pituitary macroadenomas to the suprasellar region occurs commonly. Pituitary adenomas show varying growth patterns when the sellar diaphragm is absent, and they are often confused with other common tumors in the sellar region. T...

Mar 10th, 2020 - 5 TECHNICAL EFFICACY: Stage 3 J. Magn. Reson. Imaging 2020;51:1514-1515.

May 17th, 2020 - Surgery in patients with non-functioning pituitary macroadenomas (NFMA) is effective in ameliorating visual function. The urgency for decompression, and preferred timing of surgery related to the preoperative severity of dysfunction is unknown. Sy...

Apr 19th, 2020 - Practice Essentials The sellar region is a site of various types of tumors. Pituitary adenomas are the most common. They arise from epithelial pituitary cells and account for 10-15% of all intracranial tumors. Tumors exceeding 10 mm are defined as...

Apr 19th, 2020 - Practice Essentials The sellar region is a site of various types of tumors. Pituitary adenomas are the most common. They arise from epithelial pituitary cells and account for 10-15% of all intracranial tumors. Tumors exceeding 10 mm are defined as...

Apr 12th, 2020 - Invasive growth of pituitary macroadenomas to the suprasellar region occurs commonly. Pituitary adenomas show varying growth patterns when the sellar diaphragm is absent, and they are often confused with other common tumors in the sellar region. T...

Mar 10th, 2020 - 5 TECHNICAL EFFICACY: Stage 3 J. Magn. Reson. Imaging 2020;51:1514-1515.

Apr 27th, 2017 - LOS ANGELES — Treatment of residual nonfunctioning pituitary macroadenomas with Gamma Knife (Elekta) radiosurgery shows significantly greater benefit in reducing progression without an increase in endocrinopathies when used early after surgery com...

Nov 3rd, 2003 - Question A 74-year-old patient had a nonfunctioning pituitary macroadenoma surgically removed via the transsphenoidal approach approximately 20 years ago. A recent MRI has shown recurrence with mild mass effect upon the optic chasm, but visual fie...

Summary and Introduction Summary Transsphenoidal surgery is the treatment of choice for nonfunctioning pituitary macroadenomas but is seldom curative. Tumour progression rates are high in patients with postoperative remnants. Therefore, long-term ...