Endocrine Abstracts

Nonfunctioning pituitary adenomas (NFAs) have no symptoms of hormonal overproduction and can be asymptomatic or have severe symptoms due to mass effects. The aim of our study was to assess clinical features and therapeutic outcomes in patients with clinically NFAs. We retrospectively collected data of 175 patients from 3 hospitals of Buenos Aires. Mean age: 51 years (r:13–90), 52% women, mean follow-up: 7.37 years. At diagnosis, clinical presentation was: visual field def...

Giant prolactinomas are tumors with a large size >4 cm and/or prolactin levels higher than 3000 ng/ml and/or highly invasive growth. Today dopamine agonists (DA), mainly cabergoline (CAB), are the first-line choice in the treatment of these tumorsTo assess the efficacy, safety and long-term follow-up of patients with giant prolactinomas treated with DA. We retrospectively reviewed the clinical records of 33 patients with giant prolactinomas. Mea...