Pituitary Disease

Pituitary Disease brings together an international panel of experts who summarize the most recent and exciting advances in the diagnosis and treatment of pituitary disease. Coverage includes pathogenesis and pathology of pituitary tumors; clinical scenarios underpinning each type of pituitary tumor as well as their diagnosis and treatment. It is a useful resource for clinicians, students or researchers with an interest in the pituitary and its disorders.

Klappentext

Pituitary Disease brings together an international panel of experts who summarize the most recent and exciting advances in the diagnosis and treatment of pituitary disease. Coverage includes pathogenesis and pathology of pituitary tumors; clinical scenarios underpinning each type of pituitary tumor as well as their diagnosis and treatment. It is a useful resource for clinicians, students or researchers with an interest in the pituitary and its disorders.

Zusammenfassung
Pituitary Disease brings together an international panel of experts who summarize the most recent and exciting advances in the diagnosis and treatment of pituitary disease. Coverage includes pathogenesis and pathology of pituitary tumors; clinical scenarios underpinning each type of pituitary tumor as well as their diagnosis and treatment. It is a useful resource for clinicians, students or researchers with an interest in the pituitary and its disorders.

Inhalt
1 Etiology of Pituitary Tumours.- 2 Pathology of the Pituitary.- 3 Imaging the Pituitary.- 4 Non-Functioning Pituitary Tumours.- 5 Prolactinoma.- 6 Acromegaly.- 7 Cushing's Disease.- 8 Thyrotropin-Secreting Pituitary Adenomas.- 9 Craniopharyngioma.- 10 Pituitary Incidentaloma.- 11 Pituitary Surgery.- 12 Radiotherapy For Pituitary Tumours.- 13 Testing of Hypothalamo-Pituitary Axis.