1. Adénomes hypophysaires: bilan tumoral et fonctionnel et abords thérapeutiques
- Author
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M Virally-Monod, F Gelbert, C Ajzenberg, M. Duet, D Tielmans, A Warnet, and M Assayag
- Subjects
endocrine system ,Pituitary gland ,Pathology ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Visual acuity ,Adenoma ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,business.industry ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Gastroenterology ,Magnetic resonance imaging ,medicine.disease ,Radiation therapy ,Therapeutic approach ,Somatostatin ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Internal medicine ,Acromegaly ,Internal Medicine ,Medicine ,medicine.symptom ,business - Abstract
Patients with pituitary adenomas present with hypersecretion syndrome(s), and/or pituitary failure(s), and/or signs of mass effect, or incidentally. Pituitary function evaluation, visual acuity and field check-up, and MRI or at least CAT are compulsory for diagnosis, and for therapeutic approach; surgery for Cushing's disease, dopamine agonists for prolactinomas, somatostatin analogs or surgery for thyrotroph adenomas, surgery and/or somatostatin analogs and/or radiotherapy in acromegaly, surgery with additional irradiation in most adenomas of other types, or even expectation in some instances.
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- 1996