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ea0029p1538 | Pituitary Clinical | ICEECE2012

Clinical features of inferior and lateral invasive expansion of GH-producing adenoma

Asano T. , Yamada H. , Aoki A. , Sasaki M. , Ikoma A. , Ishikawa S.

The present study was undertaken to determine morphological and biochemical characteristics of GH-producing tumor. We collected consecutively 15 patients with acromegaly, and they were 6 males and 9 females with the ages of 58.5±9.9 years. As for tumor size, 7 patients had macroadenoma, 5 had microadenoma and three had empty sella with some atypical expansions. Only 3 patients had intrasellar tumor and 2 patients had empty sella in MRI finding. Other 10 patients had atypi...