Endocrine Abstracts

Object: The aim of the study was to evaluate the safety and efficacy of the pure endoscopic removal of the pituitary adenomas with special references to the complications.Material and methods: The authors analyzed retrospectively a database of 52 consecutive patients (16 males and 36 females) with pituitary adenomas who underwent endoscopic transsphenoidal surgery. Preoperative examination was based on radiological visualization of the tumor and endocrin...

Introduction: Pituitary apoplexy is a life-threatening entity developing as a result of ischemia or hemorrhage into pre-existing pituitary tumor. Clinical course is characteristic and commonly consists of severe headache accompanied by nausea, emesis, impaired consciousness, visual field impairment as well as eyeballs movement restriction. Symptoms are typically accompanied by secondary adrenal insufficiency. Corticosteroids are drugs of choice regarding coexisting adrenal ins...

Nelson’s syndrome (NS) is a rare clinical syndrome of an enlarging, aggresive corticotroph pituitary adenoma that can occur following bilateral adrenalectomy performed in the treatment of CD.The aim of this work is the evaluation of the early and long-term results of the microsurgery in a single surgeon’s series of patients with NSDuring the period from January 2000 to December 2005 - ten patients with NS have been operat...