Neurosurgery

Pituitary Disorders

Questions discussed in this category

For non-functional pituitary macroadenomas, how effective has cabergoline been in reducing tumor size or preventing the need for surgery?

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How often do you monitor pituitary adenomas once established as non-functioning?

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In patients with confirmed hypercortisolism with a high/normal unsuppressed ACTH who have both a pituitary adenoma and adrenal adenoma identified on imaging, can you reliably use DHEA-S to determine the source of cortisol production?

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What specific clinical factors would drive you to recommend surgical intervention for patients with small, nonfunctional pituitary adenomas who exhibit no neurological symptoms?

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Should patients with non-functional pituitary macroadenomas with persistent, but tolerable, headaches be recommended for surgery?

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Given the new 2022 WHO classification of pituitary tumors, should we be regularly counseling our patients about the risk of malignancy for what we previously referred to as pituitary adenomas but now classified as pituitary neuroendocrine tumors (PitNETs)?

Asa et al., PMID 35291028

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Papers discussed in this category

Pituitary, 2022 May 26

The NETting of pituitary adenoma: a gland illusion.

European journal of endocrinology, 2023 Jul 20

Natural history of non-functioning pituitary microadenomas: results from the UK non-functioning pituitary adenoma consortium.

European journal of endocrinology, 2016-07

Treatment of clinically nonfunctioning pituitary adenomas with dopamine agonists.

Archives of medical research, 2023 Nov 22

Pharmacological Treatment of Non-Functioning Pituitary Adenomas.

Pituitary, 2022 Jul 28

Treatment of non-functioning pituitary adenoma with cabergoline: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

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