Medicine
Volume 37, Issue 8 , Page 392, August 2009

Pituitary disorders

Karim Meeran MD FRCP FRCPath is Professor of Endocrinology, Imperial College, Charing Cross and Hammersmith Hospitals, London, UK. Competing interests: none declared

Abstract 

The treatment of pituitary tumours varies, depending on their histology. Medical treatment is appropriate for most patients with prolactinomas, and surgery for non-functioning adenomas, but patient choice should be taken into account.

Keywords: acromegaly, Cushing's disease, non-functioning adenoma, prolactinoma

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PII: S1357-3039(09)00160-1

doi:10.1016/j.mpmed.2009.05.009

Medicine
Volume 37, Issue 8 , Page 392, August 2009

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