PROGNOSIS OF PITUITARY ADENOMAS AND THERAPEUTIC PERSPECTIVES Part of “CHAPTER 24 – PITUITARY TUMORS: OVERVIEW OF THERAPEUTIC OPTIONS“ PROGNOSIS Prognosis depends on the type of tumor and a combination of…
THERAPEUTIC OPTIONS AND RESULTS BY TYPE OF PITUITARY ADENOMA Part of “CHAPTER 24 – PITUITARY TUMORS: OVERVIEW OF THERAPEUTIC OPTIONS“ The recommendations for treatment of the different types of adenomas…
GENERAL THERAPEUTIC PRINCIPLES OF SURGERY AND IRRADIATION Part of “CHAPTER 24 – PITUITARY TUMORS: OVERVIEW OF THERAPEUTIC OPTIONS“ The management of pituitary tumors commences with a careful definition of the…
CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION Part of “CHAPTER 24 – PITUITARY TUMORS: OVERVIEW OF THERAPEUTIC OPTIONS“ Growth hormone (GH)-secreting adenomas are responsible for acromegaly. On immunocytochemical analysis, these adenomas may be purely GH-secreting…
PITUITARY TUMORS: OVERVIEW OF THERAPEUTIC OPTIONS Philippe Chanson Chapter 21, Chapter 22 and Chapter 23 discuss, respectively, medical, radiologic, and surgical therapies of pituitary tumors. This chapter reviews the current…
CONCLUSION Part of “CHAPTER 23 – NEUROSURGICAL MANAGEMENT OF PITUITARY-HYPOTHALAMIC NEOPLASMS“ Related posts: FUTURE PROSPECTS HEIGHT AND WEIGHT REGULATION OF THE GROWTH HORMONE RECEPTOR AND BINDING PROTEIN GONADOTROPE ADENOMAS OF…
ENDOCRINE-INACTIVE PITUITARY ADENOMAS Part of “CHAPTER 23 – NEUROSURGICAL MANAGEMENT OF PITUITARY-HYPOTHALAMIC NEOPLASMS“ Endocrine-inactive pituitary adenomas produce clinical effects only as a direct consequence of their growth. Resulting clinical syndromes…
CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA Part of “CHAPTER 23 – NEUROSURGICAL MANAGEMENT OF PITUITARY-HYPOTHALAMIC NEOPLASMS“ Craniopharyngiomas have challenged neurologists and neurosurgeons since these tumors were first described in 1903.54 With advances in microsurgical technique,…
CUSHING DISEASE Part of “CHAPTER 23 – NEUROSURGICAL MANAGEMENT OF PITUITARY-HYPOTHALAMIC NEOPLASMS“ Cushing disease has fascinated neurosurgeons ever since Harvey Cushing described the clinical syndrome and predicted that one cause…
ACROMEGALY Part of “CHAPTER 23 – NEUROSURGICAL MANAGEMENT OF PITUITARY-HYPOTHALAMIC NEOPLASMS“ By the time a patient with a growth hormone (GH)–secreting pituitary adenoma seeks the advice of a neurosurgeon, the…
