Symptoms at presentation in conservatively managed patients with non-functioning pituitary adenomas

Symptoms at presentation in conservatively managed patients with non-functioning pituitary adenomas

Purpose Hypopituitarism and tumor growth are rare in patients with non-functioning pituitary microadenomas (NFPmA). However, patients often present with non-specific symptoms. The aim of this brief report is to examine presenting symptomatology in patients with NFPmA compared to patients with non-fu...

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Veröffentlicht in:Hormones (Athens, Greece) Greece), 2023-06, Vol.22 (2), p.305-309
Hauptverfasser: Han, Ashley J., Fleseriu, Maria, Varlamov, Elena V.
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Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Adenoma - complications
Adenoma - diagnosis
Adenoma - therapy
Endocrinology
Fatigue - etiology
Female
Headache
Humans
Hypopituitarism - diagnosis
Hypopituitarism - etiology
Hypopituitarism - therapy
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Metabolic Diseases
Original Article
Pituitary Neoplasms - complications
Pituitary Neoplasms - diagnosis
Pituitary Neoplasms - therapy
Retrospective Studies
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Zusammenfassung:Purpose Hypopituitarism and tumor growth are rare in patients with non-functioning pituitary microadenomas (NFPmA). However, patients often present with non-specific symptoms. The aim of this brief report is to examine presenting symptomatology in patients with NFPmA compared to patients with non-functioning pituitary macroadenomas (NFPMA). Methods We performed a retrospective review of 400 patients (347 NFPmA and 53 NFPMA) who were conservatively managed; no patients had indications for urgent surgical intervention. Results Average tumor size was 4.5 ± 1.9 and 15.5 ± 5.5 mm for NFPmA and NFPMA, respectively ( p  
ISSN:1109-3099
2520-8721
DOI:10.1007/s42000-023-00444-8