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ea0032p938 | Pituitary – Clinical (<emphasis role="italic">Generously supported by IPSEN</emphasis>) | ECE2013

Pituitary apoplexy in clinically nonfunctioning pituitary adenomas: experience of a single center

Karagiannis Apostolos , Boufas Dimitrios , Tzioras Konstantinos , Seretis Andreas , Vryonidou Andromachi

Introduction: Generously supported by IPSEN)-->Clinically nonfunctioning pituitary adenomas (CNFPA) represent 25–50% of all pituitary lesions. They may be asymptomatic and discovered incidentally or they may be diagnosed due to visual impairment or symptoms of pituitary hormone insufficiency. There is little data on apoplexy frequency in the CNFPA.The aim of our study was to assess the frequency of CNFPA a...