Cabergoline treatment for surgery-na ïve non-functioning pituitary macroadenomas
ConclusionPrimary treatment with cabergoline is a reasonable approach for selected patients with NFPAs without visual threat. (Source: Pituitary)
Source: Pituitary - December 8, 2023 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: research
Correction: consensus on criteria for acromegaly diagnosis and remission
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Source: Pituitary - December 6, 2023 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: research
Incidence of postoperative hyponatremia after endoscopic endonasal pituitary transposition for skull base pathologies
ConclusionMore than half of patients who had pituitary transposition developed transient hyponatremia. Hyponatremia was more common in those with narrower sellar access angle and smaller cranial extension of the tumor above the sellar floor. Anatomical/surgical parameters may allow risk-stratification for post-operative hyponatremia following pituitary transposition. (Source: Pituitary)
Source: Pituitary - November 25, 2023 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: research
Newer parameters of the octreotide test in patients with acromegaly
ConclusionThe AUC and time to nadir GH level may potentially be newer parameters of the octreotide test for estimating the therapeutic effect of fg-SRLs. (Source: Pituitary)
Source: Pituitary - November 24, 2023 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: research
Symptoms and steroid dose adjustments following the Covid-19 vaccine in patients with adrenal insufficiency
DiscussionThe Covid-19 vaccines appear well-tolerated in patients with AI, with similar frequency of symptoms to that reported in the background population. The AZ vaccine leads to slightly greater post-vaccination symptom burden and need to increase glucocorticoid dosage, but this does not translate to greater adverse outcomes. (Source: Pituitary)
Source: Pituitary - November 17, 2023 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: research
Consensus on criteria for acromegaly diagnosis and remission
ConclusionConsensus recommendations highlight new understandings of disordered GH and IGF-I in patients with acromegaly and the importance of expert management for this rare disease. (Source: Pituitary)
Source: Pituitary - November 3, 2023 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: research
Assessment of forearm muscles with ultrasound shear wave elastography in patients with acromegaly
ConclusionThe patients with acromegaly have an increased muscle thickness but decreased muscle stiffness in the forearm muscles responsible for elbow flexion. Acromegaly can lead to a permanent deterioration of the muscular structure regardless of the disease activity. (Source: Pituitary)
Source: Pituitary - October 30, 2023 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: research
Metastases to the pituitary gland: insights from the German pituitary tumor registry
AbstractMetastatic involvement of the pituitary gland is a rare but clinically significant phenomenon, that often poses diagnostic and therapeutic challenges. The aim of this study was to provide a comprehensive analysis of the origin of pituitary metastases using data from the German Pituitary Tumor Registry, one of the globally largest collections of pituitary pathology specimens. Here, we report data from a retrospective analysis of patients with metastases to the pituitary registered between 1990 and 2022. Out of 17,896 pituitary cases in the registry during this period, a total of 96 metastases to the pituitary gland ...
Source: Pituitary - October 30, 2023 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: research
Assessment of forearm muscles with ultrasound shear wave elastography in patients with acromegaly
ConclusionThe patients with acromegaly have an increased muscle thickness but decreased muscle stiffness in the forearm muscles responsible for elbow flexion. Acromegaly can lead to a permanent deterioration of the muscular structure regardless of the disease activity. (Source: Pituitary)
Source: Pituitary - October 30, 2023 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: research
Metastases to the pituitary gland: insights from the German pituitary tumor registry
AbstractMetastatic involvement of the pituitary gland is a rare but clinically significant phenomenon, that often poses diagnostic and therapeutic challenges. The aim of this study was to provide a comprehensive analysis of the origin of pituitary metastases using data from the German Pituitary Tumor Registry, one of the globally largest collections of pituitary pathology specimens. Here, we report data from a retrospective analysis of patients with metastases to the pituitary registered between 1990 and 2022. Out of 17,896 pituitary cases in the registry during this period, a total of 96 metastases to the pituitary gland ...
Source: Pituitary - October 30, 2023 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: research
