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Background: Pituitary disorders spectrum includes a wide variety of diseases.This study aimed at a comprehensive description of such disorders for patients from Faiha Specialized Diabetes, Endocrine and Metabolism Center (FDEMC) in Basrah (Southern Iraq)
Abbas Ali Mansour +11 more
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Efficacy and safety of endoscopic transsphenoidal resection for prolactinoma: a retrospective multicenter case-series [PDF]
Background: Endoscopic transsphenoidal surgery (ETSS) for prolactinoma is reserved for dopamine agonist (DA) resistance, intolerance, or apoplexy. High remission (overall 67%, microprolactinoma up to 90%), low recurrence (5-20%) rates highlighted that ...
Bakker, L.E.H. +10 more
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Cabergoline Therapy in Giant Prolactinoma With Secondary Apoplexy: A Case Report [PDF]
Pituitary apoplexy (PA) is a rare, potentially life-threatening clinical syndrome resulting from acute infarction or hemorrhage of the pituitary gland1.
Paul Kay; Kimberly Winges
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Giant prolactinoma: case report [PDF]
Objective: To report the clinical case of an adolescent with a giant prolactinoma, diagnosed at the pediatric endocrinology service of a public university hospital in Salvador, Bahia.
Ferreira, Juliane Moreira
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Atypical giant prolactinoma with frontal lobe manifestations. [PDF]
Prolactinomas having the diameter above 4 cm are termed ‘giant prolactinomas’.1 2 Their incidence is approximately 2%–3% of all prolactinomas1. These are associated with very high prolactin concentration and numerous neurological sequelae, arising from their extension into surrounding structures.
Arshad MF, Arambewela M, Debono M.
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The characterization of sellar and suprasellar lesions is reliant on patient presentation, medical imaging, and hormone profiling. Prolactinomas are the most common type of functional pituitary adenomas, accounting for up to 57%.
Nikita Ollen-Bittle, MSc +4 more
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ABSTRACT Background To evaluate postoperative health‐related quality of life (HRQoL) for pituitary adenoma patients, multidimensional assessment is important. Available data is limited on long‐term follow‐up. Methods Prospectively, 52 nonfunctioning (NFA) and functioning (FA) pituitary adenoma patients were included.
Gonneke E. Joustra +7 more
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GIANT PROLACTINOMA IN A PATIENT WITH GERMLINE SDHB MUTATION. [PDF]
Rocha JV, Amaro E, Gomes A, Bugalho MJ.
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Adrenal insufficiency (AI) is characterized by inadequate steroid hormone production and is frequently a consequence of hypopituitarism, which is also associated with increased risk of osteoporosis due to deficiencies in growth hormone, gonadotropins, and other pituitary hormones.
Abrar Mohammed AlFaifi +2 more
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Somatostatin Receptor Scintigraphy of a Patient with a Giant Invasive Prolactinoma [PDF]
SummaryA 41-year-old with a giant prolactinoma underwent ln-111 pentetreotide (Octreotide) imaging showing very intense tracer uptake in the region of the anterior skull base.
N. I. Bohnen +3 more
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