Aumento de la mortalidad en pacientes con tumores pituitarios no funcionales: un estudio en un centro terciario

Guadalupe Vargas-Ortega1, Edgar-Manuel Ramírez-García1, Lourdes Balcázar-Hernández1

  • 1Endocrinology Department, Hospital de Especialidades, Centro Médico Nacional Siglo XXI, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Mexico City, Mexico.

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Resumen

Los pacientes con adenomas pituitarios no funcionales (NFPA) se enfrentan a una mayor mortalidad que la población general. La hipertensión arterial y las múltiples cirugías aumentan el riesgo de muerte en estos pacientes.

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