Management of pituitary incidentalomas: According to a survey of pituitary incidentalomas in Japan
| Autor: | Shigeyuki Tahara, Akira Teramoto, Kenichi Oyama, Naoko Sanno |
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| Rok vydání: | 2005 |
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Adenoma
Adult Male medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Computed tomography Asymptomatic Japan Pituitary adenoma medicine Humans Pituitary Neoplasms Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Cyst Central Nervous System Cysts Aged Retrospective Studies Aged 80 and over Incidental Findings medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Magnetic resonance imaging Retrospective cohort study Middle Aged medicine.disease Health Surveys Magnetic Resonance Imaging Surgery Pituitary Gland Disease Progression Optic chiasma Visual field testing Female Radiology medicine.symptom Tomography X-Ray Computed business Follow-Up Studies |
| Zdroj: | Seminars in Ultrasound, CT and MRI. 26:47-50 |
| ISSN: | 0887-2171 |
| Popis: | The development of computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has resulted in the discovery of unsuspected endocrinologically silent pituitary masses (pituitary incidentalomas). The aim of this study was to clarify the natural history of pituitary incidentalomas in order to establish an appropriate approach to them. Five hundred fifty patients with pituitary incidentalomas were analyzed in this study; 261 patients (47.4%) underwent surgery (surgical group; SG), whereas 289 patients (52.6%) were followed up conservatively (nonsurgical group; NSG) for a mean period of 27.3 months (range, 6-173 months). Clinical and biochemical assessment, CT or MRI of the pituitary, and visual field testing were assessed at baseline and at 6 months and yearly thereafter. A total of 261 tumors in the SG group consisted of 211 (80.8%) nonfunctioning pituitary adenomas and 42 (16.1%) Rathke's cysts. During a follow-up period, of 289 tumors in the NSG group, 209 (72.3%) tumors stayed the same size as before, 35 tumors (12.1 %) increased in size, and 41 tumors (14.2%) decreased in size. The estimated diagnoses of the tumors that increased consist of 28 nonfunctioning pituitary adenomas, 5 Rathke's cyst, and 2 others. The decreased tumors consist of 11 nonfunctioning adenomas, 21 Rathke's cysts, and 3 others. Pituitary incidentalomas usually follow a benign course. We recommend transsphenoidal adenomectomy for a solid mass attached to the optic chiasma estimated to be a pituitary adenoma by MRI. Other patients should be followed up by MRI and biochemical assessment. Especially asymptomatic cystic masses (including Rathke's cleft cysts) could be followed up without surgical intervention because they tend to stay the same size or sometimes be cured spontaneously. |
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