• Presse Med · Mar 2001

    [Neurosurgery and pituitary tumors: surgical indications and outcome].

    • A Visot.
    • Service de Neurochirurgie, Hôpital Foch, 40, rue Worth, F 92150 Suresnes. a.visot@hopital-foch.org
    • Presse Med. 2001 Mar 3; 30 (8): 401-4.

    AbstractTWO MAIN FEATURE: Indication for surgery in patients with pituitary tumors depends first on the anatomical situation: the enclosed or invasive nature of the tumor. Total resection of an enclosed tumor, even if it is a huge one, can be expected to be successful. For invasive tumors, surgery will be subtotal unless the invasion is very limited. The second consideration is the efficacy and limitations of medical treatment. At present, only secreting pituitary adenomas are accessible to medical therapy. Other pituitary tumors, and non-functioning pituitary adenomas are not suitable for valid medical treatment and may warrant a surgical strategy.

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