ea0022p558 | Neuroendocrinology and Pituitary (<emphasis role="italic">Generously supported by Novartis</emphasis>) | ECE2010
Djurdjevic Sandra Pekic
, Gazibara Milica Skender
, Obradovic Angelina
, Gacic E Manojlovic
, Doknic Mirjana
, Miljic Dragana
, Djurovic Marina
, Stojanovic Marko
, Popovic Vera
Background: The so-called silent pituitary adenomas are a subtype of pituitary tumors showing positive immunoreactivity for one or more pituitary hormones, but without any clinical manifestations for oversecretion of these hormones. They are clinically labeled as non-functional pituitary adenomas (NFPA), some of them with particularly aggressive behavior. Rare patients might present with big plurihormonal pituitary tumors which ‘whisper’ hormones (GH or ACTH) and pro...