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PurposeAcromegaly is a rare, intractable endocrine disease. We aimed to describe the patient characteristics, diagnostic delays, treatment patterns, treatment outcomes, comorbidities and treatment costs of acromegaly in China.MethodsThis is a nationwide ...
Xiaopeng Guo +26 more
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3D Facial Analysis in Acromegaly: Gender-Specific Features and Clinical Correlations
Objective: Quantitative investigations of facial changes in acromegaly are rare. A new imaging technique, three-dimensional (3D) stereophotography, can accurately quantify whole facial changes.
Xiaopeng Guo +21 more
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BackgroundInsidious-onset acromegaly may easily be overlooked by non-specialists of acromegaly and cause diagnostic delay. This study aims to examine the association between diagnostic delay and advice from doctors before any confirmed diagnosis and ...
Kailu Wang +26 more
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Identification and gene expression profiling of human gonadotrophic pituitary adenoma stem cells
Background Gonadotrophic pituitary adenoma is a major subtype of pituitary adenoma in the sellar region, but it is rarely involved in the hypersecretion of hormones into blood; thus, it is commonly regarded as “non-functioning.” Its tumorigenic ...
Linhao Yuan +8 more
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The coexistence of meningioma and pituitary adenoma is very rare, especially in the same location after meningioma surgery. Here, we reported a case of coexisting meningioma and pituitary adenoma secondary to postoperative meningioma in the sellar region
Wang Lu +7 more
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INTRODUCTION: Pituitary adenomas constitute one of the most common intracranial tumours. The mouse double minute 2 homologue (MDM2) is considered as an important oncogene in many tumours, but it has been little studied in pituitary adenomas and the ...
Yibiao Wang +5 more
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Introduction Pituitary adenomas are a common intracranial pathology with an incidence of 15 to 20% in the population while cerebral aneurysms are less common with a prevalence of 1:50 patients.
Keenan J. Piper +8 more
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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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Pituitary adenomas are by far the most common sellar tumor and magnetic resonance imaging is the modality of choice for their detection and characterization. However, most of these neoplasms are asymptomatic and frequently incidentally visualized.
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Abstract Context.—Pituitary adenomas are relatively rare occurrences in the pediatric population, and there are few studies documenting the profile of these tumors in this age group. Objective.—To study the clinical and pathologic features of pediatric pituitary adenomas in conjunction with a review of the available ...
Christopher, Webb, Richard A, Prayson
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