Diagnosis and Management of Pituitary Tumors
Because they raise both endocrine and neuro-oncological issues, pituitary tumors require the coordinated expertise of the clinical endocrinologist, the neuroradiologist, the neurosurgeon, the neuropathologist, and the radiation therapist. In Diagnosis and Management of Pituitary Tumors, eminent clin...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Totowa, NJ
Humana
2001, 2001
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2001 |
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Table of Contents:
- 1 Pituitary Adenomas: Historic Considerations
- 2 Anatomy of the Pituitary Gland and Sellar Region
- 3 Hypothalamic—Pituitary Physiology and Regulation
- 4 Epidemiology of Pituitary Tumors
- 5 Pathogenesis and Molecular Biology of Pituitary Tumors
- 6 Experimental Models of Pituitary Tumorigenesis
- 7 Pathology of Pituitary Adenomas and Pituitary Hyperplasia
- 8 Molecular Pathology of Pituitary Tumors
- 9 Diagnosis, Management, and Prognosis of Pituitary Tumors: General Considerations
- 10 Neuro-Ophthalmologic Evaluation of Pituitary Tumors
- 11 Imaging of Pituitary Tumors
- 12 Positron Emission Tomography in Sellar Tumors: In Vivo Metabolic, Receptor, and Enzyme Characterization
- 13 Pituitary Surgery
- 14 Medical Therapy of Pituitary Tumors
- 15 Radiation Therapy of Pituitary Tumors: Including Stereotactic Radiosurgery
- 16 Prolactinomas
- 17 Somatotroph Adenomas: Acromegaly and Gigantism
- 18 Corticotroph Adenomas: Cushing’s Disease and Nelson’s Syndrome
- 19 Thyrotroph Adenomas
- 20 Clinically Nonfunctioning Pituitary Adenomas
- 21 Pituitary Tumors in Children
- 22 Invasive Pituitary Adenoma and Pituitary Carcinoma
- 23 Sellar Tumors Other Than Adenomas
- 24 Tumor-like Lesions of the Sellar Region
- 25 Pituitary Tumors: Future Perspectives