Diagnosis and Management of Pituitary Incidentaloma
Patient evaluation, follow-up testing, and treatment differ based on lesion size and presence of hormone abnormalities with pituitary incidentalomas.
Patient evaluation, follow-up testing, and treatment differ based on lesion size and presence of hormone abnormalities with pituitary incidentalomas.
In the era of increasing survival of cancer patients, there are also changes in the presentation and outcomes of patients with pituitary metastasis.
There is an association between the number of concussion symptoms at the time of injury and the odds of reporting indicators of low testosterone level and erectile dysfunction among former football players.
Clinicians should periodically assess patients after transsphenoidal adenomectomy given that recovery of the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis can occur as late as 12 months postsurgery.
A 56-year-old man with a history of melanoma and a recent diagnosis of hypothyroidism was referred to the emergency department after complaints of significant fatigue and headache.
Men with central diabetes insipidus have reduced plasma oxytocin levels and increased psychopathology.
Chronic hypopituitarism was noted in 44% of US veterans with mild traumatic brain injury.
The Endocrine Society has issued a clinical practice guideline for the diagnosis and treatment of acromegaly.
Proton irradiation is an effective treatment for functional pituitary adenomas, and hypopituitarism remains the primary adverse effect.