A pituitary tumor develops as the result of abnormal, replication or growth of the cells that make up the pituitary gland. Tumors may develop from the functional glandular tissue (i.e., the tissue that produces hormones) – these are called functional pituitary tumors – or from the nonfunctio...
The patient in the case illustrated presented with an unusually large tumor causing indentation into the floor of the third ventricle which could lead to obstruction of the intraventricular pathways (Figs. 99 and 100). Surgery is, in addition, intended to open these pathways. Such large ...
Pituitary tumors are the third most common tumor of the brain. Surgical removal plays a central role in management for these tumors. The primary goals of surgery are to reduce mass effects on surrounding structures and/or alleviate hormonal excess due to hypersecretion from functional tumors, while...
Objective: Itsummarizedtheobservationandnursingmeasuresofpostoperativepituitarytumorpatientscomplicated withhyponatremia. 总结垂体瘤术后低钠血症病人的观察与护理措施。 www.yixue360.com 4. abstract:ObjectiveToinvestigatethe single-nostriltranssphenoidalpituitarytumorsurgerytechniques. ...
Improvement in patient comfort with the direct endonasal transsphenoidal approach, while preserving and even advancing satisfactory tumor resection, has led to the widespread adoption of this approach for resection of sellar and parasellar lesions. Adjunctive therapies will continue to play a role in ...
Nicardipine; Pituitary tumor; Cerebral regional oxygen saturation; Controlled hypotension; Surgery.───尼卡地平;垂体瘤;脑氧饱和度;控制性降压;外科手术。 LJ Hao, HC Lam, JK Lee . ACTH - secreting pituitary tumor: Current diagnosis & treatment. Clin Med 1997; 40:236 - 40.───郝立智, 林兴...
From May 2000 to May 2006, 678 cases of pituitary adenoma were treated using endoscopic transsphenoidal surgery. The procedure involved using a 4 mm diameter rigid scope to navigate through the nasal cavity and into the sphenoid sinus. The tumor was then removed using a combination of microsurgi...
The role of medical therapy in pituitary adenomas varies depending on the tumor subtype. In the case of prolactinomas, medical therapy is the primary treatment. For all other tumors of pituitary origin, surgery is the primary therapy with medical therapy playing an adjunctive role sometimes in ...
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(MRI) is the best imaging technique for patients with these symptoms. If the tumor is small, surgery may be done through the nose. If the tumor is large, it may require opening the skull fortumor removal. Selected patients do well with proton beam radiosurgery (the use of high energy ...