background: nowadays, drug and observation are advised to patients with lymphocytic hypophysitis and in some cases with nonfunctioning pituitary macoadenoma, instead of surgery. case presentation: in this article, we report a woman with nonfunctional pituitary macroadenoma and panhypopitutarism and negative criteria for lymphocytic hypophysitis associated with increased liver enzymes. after thr...

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background: intracranial lesions of the pituitary gland are common pituitary adenomas, accounting for 6-10% of all symptomatic intracranial tumors. in this retrospective study, the clinicopathologic features and survival rate of pituitary adenomas were evaluated. methods: the present retrospective study was conducted on 83 patients with pituitary adenomas, referring to radiation oncology depart...

BACKGROUND Positron emission tomography-computed tomography (PET/CT) with (18)F-fluorocholine (FCH) is routinely performed in patients with prostate cancer. In this clinical context, foci of FCH uptake in the head or in the neck were considered as incidentalomas, except for those suggestive of multiple bone metastases. RESULTS In 8 patients the incidental focus corresponded to a benign tumour...

Congenital self-healing reticulohistiocytosis is the benign spectrum of Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis, characterized by cutaneous lesions at birth or in the neonatal period, absence of systemic manifestations and spontaneous resolution of clinical status. Despite the benign and often self-resolving course in most patients, studies show that in some cases there may be metastasis or recurrence of...

OBJECTIVE We describe a novel 3-dimensional (3-D) stereoendoscope and discuss our early experience using it to provide improved depth perception during transsphenoidal pituitary surgery. METHODS Thirteen patients underwent endonasal endoscopic transsphenoidal surgery. A 6.5-, 4.9-, or 4.0-mm, 0- and 30-degree rigid 3-D stereoendoscope (Visionsense, Ltd., Petach Tikva, Israel) was used in all ...

secreted by different cells. If so, these pituitary tumors should be composed exclusively or predominantly of mammotropes, somatotropes, and adrenotropes. On the contrary, in our experience all of the many pituitary tumors arising in acidophilic cells secrete MtH and StH and some also AtH in varying ratios. It was reported independently from 3 laboratories that MtT.W5 that originated in a femal...

Most authors agree with the subdivision of the broad general group into two main types : (1) the cylindroid, or cylindromatous form; (2) the carcinoid form. Considering the large number of bronchial adenomas reported, it is surprising to find only a few with distant or disseminated metastases. Survey of the available literature reveals that the adenomas producing distant metastases have been al...