Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Despite the benign nature of pituitary adenomas, microscopic examination of surgical specimens showed that dural invasion occurs in about 42-85% of cases. No studies about dura mater invasion were conducted specifically in acromegaly, so the aim of the present study was to evaluate the relationship between histologically verified dural invasion and the “aggressiveness” features of GH-secreting adenomas.Methods: A prospective study i...