Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Clinically non-functioning pituitary adenomas (NFPA) are heterogeneous group. Some previous research has found that this type of pituitary adenomas may be smaller and have better prognostic in men. The aim of this study is to analyze if there are gender-related differences in NFPA.Material and methods: Retrospective study of patients with NFPA followed up in regional hospitals (Community of Madrid, Spain). All NFPA had molecular analysis. T...

Introduction: Surgery is the treatment of choice for non-functioning pituitary adenomas (NFPA), but remnants are frequently observed. Management of these remnants include observation (OBS), radiotherapy (RT) and/or dopamine agonist (DA) therapy. In this study, we evaluate the progression-free survival (PFS) of NFPA with postoperative remnant and the potential factors involved.Methods: We performed a single-center ambispective study of a cohort of 72 pati...