Double pituitary adenomas in a large surgical series.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To explore the incidence of double pituitary adenomas in a tertiary center for pituitary surgery and asses their clinical, imaging and histopathological features.

Methods

The medical records of the patients operated on for pituitary tumors at the Department of Neurosurgery of Military Institute of Medicine in Warsaw, Poland between the years 2003 and 2018 were retrospectively analyzed. Among the 3270 treated patients, the diagnosis of double pituitary adenoma was established in 22 patients. Clinical, laboratory, detailed histopathological and diagnostics imaging data were collected and analyzed.

Results

There were 21 cases of synchronous and one case of asynchronous double pituitary adenoma. The main clinical finding was acromegaly (12/22) followed by Cushing'

SUBMITTER: Zielinski G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6842358 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature