Clinical and laboratorial characterization and post-surgical follow-up of 87 patients with non-functioning pituitary macroadenomas Caracterização clínica e laboratorial e seguimento pós-cirúrgico de 87 portadores de macroadenomas hipofisários não funcionantes

Clinical and laboratorial characterization and post-surgical follow-up of 87 patients with non-functioning pituitary macroadenomas Caracterização clínica e laboratorial e seguimento pós-cirúrgico de 87 portadores de macroadenomas hipofisários não funcionantes

Objective: It was to assess the main characteristics of patients undergoing pituitary tumor surgery. Method: Eighty-seven patients (44 men; 44.8±13 years old) were included. Results: The main symptoms were visual alterations (87.3%), headache (70.1%), diminished libido (34.4%), galactor...

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Main Authors: Paulo Andrade de Mello, Luciana Ansaneli Naves, Aldo Pereira Neto, Eduardo Henrique Oliveira, Ivan Coelho Ferreira, Antônio Santos de Araújo Júnior, Franz Jooji Onishi, Luiz Augusto Casulari
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO) 2013-05-01
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
Subjects:
neoplasia hipofisária
neurocirurgia
insuficiência
hormônio
adenomas hipofisarios
hipopituitarismo
pituitary neoplasms
neurosurgery
hormone
insufficient
pituitary adenomas
hypopituitarism
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