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Endoscopic Endonasal Trans-sphenoidal Approach: Minimally Invasive Surgery for Pituitary Adenomas
Published on: January 17, 2018
[Comparative study of prolactin-secreting and hormonally inactive pituitary adenomas in patients with moderate
Abstract:
The present paper deals with the differential prolactin diagnosis of pituitary adenomas with moderate prolactin hyperproduction and hormonally inactive pituitary adenomas. Sixty patients with gross pituitary adenomas were examined. Morphological analysis of in-traoperative samples included histological, immunohistochemical studies with antibodies to hormones of the adenohypophysis. There was a probable frequency of prolactin-secreting tumors among gross pituitary adenomas proceeding with moderate hyperprolactinemia (25%) and that of hormonally inactive pituitary adenomas among the tumors regarded as prolactinomas (16%) in the preoperative period.
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