Endocrine Abstracts

Nonfunctioning adenomas (NFA) are 30% of all pituitary adenomas. Transphenoidal surgery is the first line therapy, but recurrences are frequent (12% al 69%). NFA treatment and follow-up are controversial. Aim of our study was to evaluate the recurrence prevalence and the factors associated with tumor aggressiveness in patients with NFA. We studied 30 patients that underwent surgery: 14 patients (group A, 7F, 3.92±12.48 years) with and 16 patients (group B, 6F, 56.5±1...