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Pituitary adenomas and craniopharyngiomas

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Pituitary adenomas (p.a.) are benign epithelial tumors which originate from the cells of the adenohypophysis. They should be classified on the basis of the hormone that they release and of the clinical syndrome that they induce: prolactin (PRL)-secreting, growth hormone (GH)-secreting, adrenocorticotropin (ACTH)-secreting, which give rise to amenorrhea-galactorrhea, acromegaly and to Cushings’s syndrome, respectively. Very rare pituitary tumors produce thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) and gonadotropins (FSH and LH). Furthermore, there are mixed adenomas, generally PRL- and GH-secreting, and nonfunctioning p.a.

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    Lucia Cecconi

  2. Division of Neurosurgery, Istituto Regina Elena, Rome, Italy

    Alfredo Pompili & Fabrizio Caroli

  3. Institute of Radiology, Medical School, Università degli Studi di Roma ‘Tor Vergata’, Rome, Italy

    Ettore Squillaci

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Cecconi, L., Pompili, A., Caroli, F., Squillaci, E. (1992). Pituitary adenomas and craniopharyngiomas. In: MRI Atlas of Central Nervous System Tumors. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-9178-1_8

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