Giant pituitary adenomas: surgical outcome in a series of 127 cases
Pan Arab Journal of Neurosurgery. 2008; 12 (2): 60-66
in English
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ABSTRACT
To analyze the surgical and visual outcome of giant pituitary adenomas. One-hundred-twenty-seven patients surgically treated over a 9-year period were studied. Fifty-four-point-three percent had non-functioning adenomas. Among the functioning adenomas, prolactinomas were the most common. A total of 90 transsphenoidal and 52 transcranial procedures were performed in 127 patients. The complications and deaths were significantly higher in the transcranial group. There were a total of 15 deaths [11.8%], Thirty-two-point-two percent had single/multiple postoperative complications. Vision improved in 49 patients [41.9%] at the time of discharge. Thirteen-point-eight percent of the pituitary adenomas are giant. Transsphenoidal surgery was the procedure of choice for most of the patients. These tumours represent a difficult group to treat. Prolactin estimation and preferably immunohistochemical analysis should be done in all patients in order to clinically diagnose indistinct prolactinomas
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IMEMR (Eastern Mediterranean)
Main subject:
Postoperative Complications
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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Prolactinoma
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Visual Acuity
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Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Adenoma
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Treatment Outcome
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
English
Journal:
Pan Arab J. Neurosurgery
Year:
2008
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