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…
PROLACTIN-SECRETING ADENOMAS Part of “CHAPTER 23 – NEUROSURGICAL MANAGEMENT OF PITUITARY-HYPOTHALAMIC NEOPLASMS“ Prolactin-secreting adenomas comprise the largest group of pituitary tumors. The behavior and relatively benign clinical manifestations of small…
PITUITARY TUMORS Part of “CHAPTER 23 – NEUROSURGICAL MANAGEMENT OF PITUITARY-HYPOTHALAMIC NEOPLASMS“ CLASSIFICATION The classic histologic designation of adenomas as chromophobic, eosinophilic, or basophilic on the basis of light microscopy…
NEUROSURGICAL MANAGEMENT OF PITUITARY-HYPOTHALAMIC NEOPLASMS David S. Baskin Advances in endocrinology, neuroradiology, and microneuro-surgery have revolutionized the care of patients with pituitary and hypothalamic tumors. With the development of accurate…
RADIATION TECHNIQUES Part of “CHAPTER 22 – RADIOTHERAPY OF PITUITARYHYPOTHALAMIC TUMORS“ GOALS OF RADIATION THERAPY AND CONVENTIONAL EXTERNAL BEAM TECHNIQUES The primary goal of irradiation of tumors in the pituitary-hypo-thalamic…
