Towards a better quality of life (QoL) for patients with pituitary diseases: results from a focus group study exploring QoL.

abstract：:Growth hormone excess has been associated with hypercalciuria and nephrolithiasis. Hypercalcemia in acromegaly is rare and usually due to coexistent primary hyperparathyroidism. To report two cases of 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D (1,25 (OH)(2) D)-dependent hypercalcemia in cromegaly. A 50 year-old female with 2 years histo...

journal_title：Pituitary

authors： Shah R,Licata A,Oyesiku NM,Ioachimescu AG

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The management of invasive giant prolactinomas (IGP) has been an area of some controversy. The relative roles of transsphenoidal surgery, craniotomy, radiation therapy and dopamine agonist based medical therapy are gradually becoming clarified. We report the results of management of 30 patients with IGP. Surgery was t...

journal_title：Pituitary

authors： Yu C,Wu Z,Gong J

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a 59-year-old acromegalic woman, who presented with generalized bone pain, weakness, fatigue and foamy urine, who was found to have multiple myeloma (MM); and a 60-year-old acromegalic woman with dizziness, vomiting and abdominal pain, high blood pressure and splenomegaly that was posteriorly diagnosed as ha...

journal_title：Pituitary

authors： Barbosa FR,Vieira Neto L,Lima GA,Wildemberg LE,Portugal R,Gadelha MR

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The sphenoid bone has a superior depression called the sella turcica, Latin for "Turkish saddle," where the pituitary gland is found. The availability of modern radiological imaging techniques has replaced plain radiography of the sella turcica in the investigation of hypothalamo-pituitary abnormalities. H...

journal_title：Pituitary

authors： Tekiner H,Acer N,Kelestimur F

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the efficacy of Gamma knife stereotactic radiosurgery (GKSR) as an adjunctive management modality for patients with drug resistant or intolerant cavernous sinus invasive prolactinomas. Twenty-two patients with cavernous sinus invasive prolactinoma underwent GKSR between 1994 and 2009. Thirteen patients we...

journal_title：Pituitary

authors： Liu X,Kano H,Kondziolka D,Park KJ,Iyer A,Shin S,Niranjan A,Flickinger JC,Lunsford LD

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Autoimmune lymphocytic hypophysitis associates predominantly with other autoimmune endocrinopathies and is most commonly treated with glucocorticoids and/or decompressive pituitary surgery. Here we report a new association and treatment modality for lymphocytic hypophysitis. METHODS:A 52-year-old woman pr...

journal_title：Pituitary

authors： Xu C,Ricciuti A,Caturegli P,Keene CD,Kargi AY

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hyperprolactinemia has been associated with impaired metabolism, including insulin resistance. However, the metabolic effects of elevated prolactin (PRL) levels are not completely clarified. The aim of this study was to obtain more insights of metabolic consequences in hyperprolactinemia patients. Fourteen consecutive...

journal_title：Pituitary

authors： Berinder K,Nyström T,Höybye C,Hall K,Hulting AL

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Nelson's syndrome is a challenging condition that can develop following bilateral adrenalectomy for Cushing's disease, with high circulating ACTH levels, pigmentation and an invasive pituitary tumor. There is no established medical therapy. The aim of the study was to assess the effects of pasireotide on plasma...

journal_title：Pituitary

authors： Daniel E,Debono M,Caunt S,Girio-Fragkoulakis C,Walters SJ,Akker SA,Grossman AB,Trainer PJ,Newell-Price J

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oral estrogens reduce GH-induced IGF-1 production and preliminary studies have shown that adjuvant estroprogestin (EP) therapy with octreotide LAR may control disease activity in some female patients who are partially responsive to octreotide LAR. Our aim was to verify if EP alone or in combination with octreotide LAR...

journal_title：Pituitary

authors： Vallette S,Serri O

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The molecular pathogenesis of prolactinomas has resisted elucidation; with the exception of a RAS mutation in a single aggressive prolactinoma, no mutational changes have been identified. In prolactinomas, a further obstacle has been the paucity of surgical specimens suitable for molecular analysis since prolactionoma...

journal_title：Pituitary

authors： Evans CO,Moreno CS,Zhan X,McCabe MT,Vertino PM,Desiderio DM,Oyesiku NM

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lymphoma involving the pituitary gland is very rare and usually results from metastatic spread of systemic lymphoma. We present a case of primary central nervous system (CNS) large B cell lymphoma that manifested as pituitary apoplexy. A 45-year-old woman presented with headache, and then rapidly developed a third ner...

journal_title：Pituitary

authors： Quintero Wolfe S,Hood B,Barker J,Benveniste RJ

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Resistance to dopamine agonists can be defined with respect to failure to normalize PRL levels and failure to decrease tumor size by > or = 50%. Using these definitions, failure to normalize PRL levels is seen in 24% of those treated with bromocriptine, 13% of those treated with pergolide and 11% of those treated with...

journal_title：Pituitary

authors： Molitch ME

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nonfunctioning pituitary adenomas (NFPA) are typically benign neoplasms that can cause significant morbidity through local mass effects. MIB-1/Ki-67 and p53 immuno-reactivity are used to predict aggressive behavior but have known limitations. No marker to date is widely used to reliably predict tumor progression. Phos...

journal_title：Pituitary

authors： Hightower E,Cabanillas ME,Fuller GN,McCutcheon IE,Hess KR,Shah K,Waguespack SG,Corley LJ,Devin JK

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:There has been growing interest on medical therapy for the management of Cushing's disease (CD), particularly in cases of persistent or recurrent hypercortisolism. Ketoconazole, an inhibitor of adrenal steroidogenesis, is the most widely used drug, whereas cabergoline and pasireotide are the most promising...

journal_title：Pituitary

authors： Vilar L,Naves LA,Machado MC,Bronstein MD

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Postoperative serum cortisol is used as an indicator of Cushing's disease (CD) remission following transsphenoidal surgery (TSS) and guides (controversially) the need for immediate adjuvant treatment for CD. We investigated postoperative cortisol and adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) levels as predictors of remission...

journal_title：Pituitary

authors： Hameed N,Yedinak CG,Brzana J,Gultekin SH,Coppa ND,Dogan A,Delashaw JB,Fleseriu M

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inferior petrosal sinus sampling (IPSS) of ACTH with CRH stimulation helps distinguish pituitary ACTH-dependent Cushing's syndrome from the ectopic ACTH syndrome (EAS). The usefulness of the paradoxical response of other pituitary hormones including prolactin to CRH remains controversial. Data from 33 IPSS procedures ...

journal_title：Pituitary

authors： Daousi C,Nixon T,Javadpour M,Hayden K,MacFarlane IA

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Cushing's syndrome (CS) is a rare disease characterized by a collection of signs and symptoms, also common in the general population without elevated cortisol secretion. During the last years more patients with CS are identified earlier and with milder disease. Many of these patients are diagnosed during s...

journal_title：Pituitary

authors： Shimon I

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the results of long-term (6-year) treatment of Nelson's syndrome with the long-acting dopamine agonist, cabergoline, in a 55-year-old woman. The disease presented 26 years after bilateral adrenalectomy and radiation treatment for Cushing's disease, followed by glucocorticoid and mineralocorticoid replacement...

journal_title：Pituitary

authors： Shraga-Slutzky I,Shimon I,Weinshtein R

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Outcome of acromegaly surgery is assessed by IGF-1 and glucose-suppressed GH, but whether the latter provides additional clinically relevant information when IGF-1 is normal is unclear. The role of GH suppression testing after surgery requires clarification. METHODS:We studied 97 acromegaly patients with norma...

journal_title：Pituitary

authors： Freda PU,Bruce JN,Reyes-Vidal C,Singh S,DeLeon Y,Jin Z,Khandji AG,Cremers S,Post KD

更新日期：2020-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：:In western countries, the process of "ageing of the population" is increasingly forcing clinical medicine to find answers for pathologies affecting the elder segments of our community. In this respect, pituitary adenomas often raise difficult questions on surgical indications, since little is known about postoperative...

journal_title：Pituitary

authors： Locatelli M,Bertani G,Carrabba G,Rampini P,Zavanone M,Caroli M,Sala E,Ferrante E,Gaini SM,Spada A,Mantovani G,Lania A

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:In a 10-week proof-of-concept study (LINC 1), the potent oral 11β-hydroxylase inhibitor osilodrostat (LCI699) normalized urinary free cortisol (UFC) in 11/12 patients with Cushing's disease. The current 22-week study (LINC 2; NCT01331239) further evaluated osilodrostat in patients with Cushing's disease. METHO...

journal_title：Pituitary

authors： Fleseriu M,Pivonello R,Young J,Hamrahian AH,Molitch ME,Shimizu C,Tanaka T,Shimatsu A,White T,Hilliard A,Tian C,Sauter N,Biller BM,Bertagna X

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:160 clinically non-secreting pituitary adenomas were examined in regard to their expression of the markers PCNA, bcl2, Ki 67 in the mib-1 modification and p53 which are still under investigation for their relevance to cell proliferation. The series contained 60 null cell adenomas, 60 oncocytomas and 40 gonadotroph ade...

journal_title：Pituitary

authors： Schreiber S,Saeger W,Lüdecke DK

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aggressive pituitary adenomas are notoriously difficult to manage due to their size, invasiveness, speed of growth and high frequency of recurrence. Except for prolactinomas, surgery (usually transsphenoidal but sometimes transcranial) is the first-line option, but re-growth of aggressive tumors is almost inevitable a...

journal_title：Pituitary

authors： Buchfelder M

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leptin is a key mediator in the maintenance of neuroendocrine homeostasis. The aim of this study was to determine the changes in serum leptin, tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha), interleukin-6 (IL-6), nitric oxide (NO) levels in patients with hyperprolactinemia. The study consists of 16 consecutive patients with ...

journal_title：Pituitary

authors： Balci H,Akgun-Dar K,Gazioglu N,Kapucu A,Bolayirli M,Oz B

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dopamine agonists have been shown to reduce growth hormone secretion in some patients with acromegaly, but their effect on adenoma size has not been well appreciated. We describe a 69 year-old woman with acromegaly caused by a somatotroph macroadenoma who received primary treatment with the dopamine agonist cabergolin...

journal_title：Pituitary

authors： Rickels MR,Snyder PJ

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty years after the first description of combined hypopituitarism (CPHD) caused by PROP1 mutations, the phenotype of affected subjects is still challenging for clinicians. These patients suffer from pituitary hormone deficits ranging from IGHD to panhypopituitarism. ACTH deficiency usually develops later in life. P...

journal_title：Pituitary

authors： Doknic M,Gasic V,Stojanovic M,Pavlovic S,Marinkovic S,Miljic D,Pekic S,Manojlovic-Gacic E,Damjanovic D,Soldatovic I,Petakov M

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The simultaneous occurrence of a hypothalamic and sellar gangliocytoma with a pituitary prolactinoma is very rare. The explanation for such an association is not known. We describe the case of a woman who had a coexisting adjacent pituitary prolactinoma and gangliocytoma within the same sellar mass. The tumor cells of...

journal_title：Pituitary

authors： Serri O,Berthelet F,Bélair M,Vallette S,Asa SL

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The morphology of the various pituitary cell types is highly dynamic and allows recognition of many cellular functions. Most pituitary cells show morphologic changes that reflect stimulation or inhibition by hormones. Drugs have also been shown to alter the morphology of several pituitary tumor types, allowing a measu...

journal_title：Pituitary

authors： Asa SL,Ezzat S

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Lymphocytic hypophysitis (LH) is a rare chronic inflammatory disorder characterized by lymphocytic infiltration of the pituitary gland commonly affecting women during pregnancy or post-partum period. The pathogenesis remains uncertain, however an autoimmune process is frequently implicated. There is limited d...

journal_title：Pituitary

authors： Lim S,Elston MS,Swarbrick MJ,Conaglen JV

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Non-functioning pituitary carcinomas (NFPC) are defined as tumours of adenophyseal origin with craniospinal or systemic dissemination, with the absence of a hormonal hypersecretion syndrome. These are a histologically heterogenous group of tumours, comprising gonadotroph, null cell, "silent" tumours of corticotroph, s...

journal_title：Pituitary

authors： Lenders N,McCormack A

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00