Radiotherapy of nonfunctional adenomas of the pituitary gland. Results with long-term follow-up
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A long-term follow-up study of eighteen patients with thyrotrophin-secreting pituitary adenomas.
OBJECTIVE TSH-secreting pituitary adenomas (TSH-omas) are a rare cause of thyrotoxicosis. First-line therapy for these tumours is neurosurgery, although medical therapy with somatostatin analogues (SSAs) is increasingly used for this indication. DESIGN AND PATIENTS We retrospectively reviewed the data of patients with a TSH-oma (n = 18, 67% males) followed between 1989 and 2011 (median follow...
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عنوان ژورنال: Cancer
سال: 1989
ISSN: 0008-543X,1097-0142
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0142(19890615)63:12<2409::aid-cncr2820631206>3.0.co;2-m