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 specialities that manage these cases, and for pituitary specialists seeking to understand better the contribution of other medical disciplines to the treatment of these tumors.
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Pathogenesis of Pituitary Adenomas Andrew Levy Prolactinoma Prakash Abraham and John S. Bevan Acromegaly Mary Lee Vance Cushing's Disease Christian A. Koch and George P. Chrousos Nonfunctioning Pituitary Tumors Mary H. Samuels Visual Manifestations of Pituitary Tumors Ian MacDonald and Michael P. Powell Surgical Assessment and Anesthetic Management of the Pituitary Patient Michael P. Powell and Nicholas P. Hirsch Transsphenoidal Surgery Kamal Thapar and Edward R. Laws, Jr. Transcranial Surgery Michael P. Powell and Jonathan R. Pollock Endoscopic Endonasal Transsphenoidal Surgery Paolo Cappabianca and Enrico de Divitiis Early Postoperative Management of Pituitary Tumors Michael P. Powell, Jonathan R. Pollock, Stefanie Baldeweg, and Stafford L. Lightman Long-Term Postoperative Management Paul V. Carroll and Ashley B. Grossman Conventional Radiotherapy for Pituitary Adenomas Michael Brada Gamma Knife Radiosurgery for Secretory Pituitary Adenomas Mary Lee Vance and Edward R. Laws, Jr. Parasellar Lesions Other Than Pituitary Adenomas Kamal Thapar, Tomohiko Kohata, and Edward R. Laws, Jr. A Patient's Perspective on Pituitary Tumors Patsy Perrin Index
