ea0021p294 | Pituitary | SFEBES2009
Gubbihal Raghava Reddy
, Karavitaki Niki
, Parvizi Nassim
, Sangha Vicky
, Watanabe Mikiko
, Cudlip Simon
, Wass John A H
Background: Non-functioning pituitary adenomas (NFAs) are slow growing tumours with reported 5-year recurrence rates following resection up to 51%. The time point that it is safe to stop surveillance imaging is not clearly defined.Aim: To clarify the time spectrum of recurrence in patients with NFAs offered solely surgery as primary treatment and to estimate the safe time to stop surveillance pituitary imaging.Methods: Case-note an...