Endocrine Abstracts

Objectives: Pituitary adenomas usually do not over-secrete gonadotropins in the bloodstream, although they may stain for gonadotropins. Our study aimed to assess whether the pre-operative gonadotropin level in CSF could be used as a marker of the pituitary tumour’s gonadotropin secretion.Patients and methods: 359 patients with pituitary adenomas, diagnosed between 1979 and 2005 in the Institute of Endocrinology, Bucharest, were evaluated before pitu...