Full Description
Leading physicians from a variety of medical specialties summarize their clinical experiences in treating pituitary adenomas in United States and the United Kingdom. Using simple language to describe their approaches, the authors describe the latest treatments for prolactinoma, acromegaly, Cushing's disease, and nonfunctioning pituitary tumors, and the latest surgical techniques. To round out the clinician's understanding of the illness, a patient describes the experience of diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up. Comprehensive and accessible, Management of Pituitary Tumors: The Clinician's Practical Guide brings together all the medical fields involved in treating pituitary tumors, both for novices in the specialties that manage these cases, and for pituitary specialists seeking to understand better the contribution of other medical disciplines to the treatment of these tumors.
Contents
1 Pathogenesis of Pituitary Adenomas.- 2 Prolactinoma.- 3 Acromegaly.- 4 Cushing's Disease.- 5 Nonfunctioning Pituitary Tumors.- 6 Visual Manifestations of Pituitary Tumors.- 7 Surgical Assessment and Anesthetic Management of the Pituitary Patient.- 8 Transsphenoidal Surgery.- 9 Transcranial Surgery.- 10 Endoscopic Endonasal Transsphenoidal Surgery.- 11 Early Postoperative Management of Pituitary Tumors.- 12 Long-Term Postoperative Management.- 13 Conventional Radiotherapy for Pituitary Adenomas.- 14 Gamma Knife Radiosurgery for Secretory Pituitary Adenomas.- 15 Parasellar Lesions Other Than Pituitary Adenomas.- 16 A Patient's Perspective on Pituitary Tumors.
