Endocrine Abstracts

When pituitary MRI show a typical imaging of adenoma, it is agreed that transsphenoidal surgery is the reference treatment with remission achieved in about 80% of patients. If MRI is negative or inconclusive, some authors consider that the results of surgery are less successful, and propose medical treatment as a first line therapy, despite a disease control rate between 30 and 70%. Since 1990, our center chose to systematically explore patients with ACTH dependent hypercortic...