DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT OF NONFUNCTIONING PITUITARY TUMORS
- 1 February 1996
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Annual Reviews in Annual Review of Medicine
- Vol. 47 (1) , 95-106
- https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.med.47.1.95
Abstract
▪ Abstract It is now recognized that most clinically nonfunctioning pituitary tumors express gonadotropin hormones or their subunits in vitro, and sometimes in vivo. Many of these tumors are diagnosed by sensitive imaging techniques while patients are still asymptomatic. We outline an overview of the diagnosis and clinical management of these tumors.Keywords
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