This site is dedicated for pituitary adenomas, including anatomy, physiology of the adenohypophysis, incidence,
etiology, pathological anatomy, clinical manifestations, diagnosis, hormonal studies, surgical treatment, standard and modified approaches, indications for surgical treatment, a trial for constructing protocols for treatment strategies, postoperative results and complications.
Here the following topics
are covered:
Acromegaly.
Adenohypophysis-anatomical and
physiologic considerations.
Benign pituitary cysts.
Classification of pituitary
lesions.
Cushing's disease & Nelson's syndrome.
Empty sella syndrome.
Endocrine diagnosis in pituitary
adenomas and related syndromes.
Imaging of the sellar region.
Lymphoid hypophysitis.
Medical
Treatment of Pituitary Adenomas.
Microsurgical anatomy of the sellar
region.
Neurohypophysis.
Nonsecretory pituitary
adenomas
Parasellar granular cell
tumours.
Perioperative endocrine management
in pituitary adenomas.
Pituitary apoplexy.
Pituitary carcinoma.
Prolactinomas.
Related endocrine and
neurologic syndromes.
Transcranial approaches.
Trans-sphenoidal approaches.
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