Adenomas Pituitary in Children And Adolescents

Pituitary tumors are rare in childhood and adolescence, with a reported prevalence of up to 1 per million children. Although pituitary tumors are rare in childhood and adolescence, and are typically histologically benign, significant morbidity may result due to their location, mass effect, and/or interference with normal pituitary hormone functions. The frequency of macro adenomas and aggressive forms reflects the difficulty of their management. The treatment is superimposable to what is done in adults. Genetic impairment is more frequent and should be discussed systematically. We report in this study phenotypic and genotypic characteristics of pituitary adenomas in 16 children hospitalized in our department of endocrinology