Identifier |
wh_ch31_p1542_1 |
Title |
Walsh & Hoyt: Pituitary Carcinoma |
Creator |
John W. Gittinger, Jr. MD |
Affiliation |
Massachusetts Eye and Ear |
Subject |
Neoplasms; Head and Neck Neoplasms; Pituitary Gland; Pituitary Carcinoma |
Description |
As with some other histologically benign tumors, pituitary adenomas may be locally invasive. Microscopic dural invasion confers a poorer prognosis for life, probably because it indicates the tumor was larger when detected. Macroadenomas, with the exception of gonadotroph adenomas, have a greater than 50% incidence of gross invasion. True malignancies, pituitary carcinomas, constitute only 0.10.2% of pituitary tumors. By 1996 only 64 cases had been reported in the English language literature, most of which were endocrinologically functional. In a series of five patients with silent corticotroph carcinomas, all had visual symptoms at presentation. |
Date |
2005 |
Language |
eng |
Format |
application/pdf |
Type |
Text |
Relation is Part of |
Walsh and Hoyt's Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmology Walsh and Hoyt's Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmology |
Collection |
Neuro-ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: NOVEL http://NOVEL.utah.edu |
Publisher |
Wolters Kluwer Health, Philadelphia |
Holding Institution |
Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah, 10 N 1900 E SLC, UT 84112-5890 |
Rights Management |
Copyright 2005. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright |
ARK |
ark:/87278/s69342pn |
Setname |
ehsl_novel_whts |
ID |
186291 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s69342pn |