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Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2021 BackgroundPituitary adenoma producing growth hormone (GH) or thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) is characterized by various specific symptoms and/or findings. However, the frequency of pituitary adenoma producing both hormones is relatively low.
Junpei Sanada +9 more
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A machine learning approach to predict early outcomes after pituitary adenoma surgery.
Neurosurgical Focus, 2018 OBJECTIVEPituitary adenomas occur in a heterogeneous patient population with diverse perioperative risk factors, endocrinopathies, and other tumor-related comorbidities.
Todd C. Hollon +7 more
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Vascular endothelial growth factor production and regulation in rodent and human pituitary tumor cells in vitro [PDF]
, 2001 Angiogenesis, the formation of a new blood supply, is an essential step in tumorigenesis. Although vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is known to be a very potent angiogenic factor in most solid tumors, little is known about its production and ...
Gloddek, Jutta +7 more
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Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2021 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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Endocrine-Related Cancer, 2017 The classification of neoplasms of adenohypophysial cells is misleading because of the simplistic distinction between adenoma and carcinoma, based solely on metastatic spread and the poor reproducibility and predictive value of the definition of atypical
Sylvia L. Asa +24 more
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Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2020 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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Principles of Pituitary Surgery [PDF]
, 2018 Key Points 1. Understand the principles of pituitary surgery including the key-elements of surgical planning and decision-making 2. Identify the technical nuances distinguishing the endoscopic from the microscopic transsphenoidal approach 3.
Evans, James J. +4 more
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3D Facial Analysis in Acromegaly: Gender-Specific Features and Clinical Correlations
Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2018 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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Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2020 PurposeCardiac comorbidity is one of the leading causes of death among acromegaly patients. We aimed to investigate the reversibility of acromegalic cardiac involvement after surgical treatment using the gold standard method, cardiovascular magnetic ...
Xiaopeng Guo +24 more
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Pituitary apoplexy: re-evaluation of risk factors for bleeding into pituitary adenomas and impact on outcome [PDF]
, 2011 Objective: To assess frequency, symptoms and outcome of pituitary apoplexy (PA) among pituitary adenoma patients, to gain better insight into risk factors for bleeding into pituitary adenoma, and to estimate the sequelae of PA by means of a matched ...
Ayuk +25 more
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