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Dal punto di vista terapeutico, è opportuno distinguere i tumori primitivi dell’ipofisi in non secernenti e secernenti, ulteriormente suddivisi, secondo le loro dimensioni, in microadenomi (che danno soltanto sintomi endocrinologici e sono strettamente intrasellari) e macroadenomi (che crescono al di fuori della sella e provocano anche sintomi da compressione delle vie ottiche e dei seni cavernosi o, in casi estremi, ipertensione endocranica). Sulla base di queste caratteristiche, il trattamento potrà essere farmacologico, chirurgico, radioterapico o una combinazione dei tre [1].

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Lodrini, S., Cozzi, R. (2009). Tumori ipofisari. In: Terapia delle malattie neurologiche. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-1120-5_21

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