At what point do you stop monitoring nonfunctional pituitary adenomas given recent evidence showing no long term benefit?
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Endocrinology · Harvard Medical School
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The optimal surveillance schedule for patients with clinically non-functioning pituitary adenomas has not been determined. Retrospective studies suggest that about 10% of microadenomas and about 20% of macroadenomas enlarge during follow-up (4-6 years).
I usually advise progressively less frequent M...
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