ea0081ep702 | Pituitary and Neuroendocrinology | ECE2022
Giuffrida Giuseppe
, giovinazzo salvatore
, Alessi Ylenia
, Ragonese Marta
, Cotta Oana Ruxandra
, Angileri Filippo Flavio
, Ferrau Francesco
, Cannavo Salvatore
Background: Pituitary adenomas in children/adolescents represent around 3% of all intracranial neoplasms. They are more frequently hormone-secreting lesions, usually diagnosed in early childhood and late adolescence. Female gender is generally prevalent, because of most evident symptoms (i.e., irregular periods, galactorrhea, etc.). Giant pituitary adenomas (GA) very rarely occur in pediatric age, posing frequent challenges in their management.Patients a...