Title	The Pituitary Adenoma [electronic resource] / edited by Kalmon D. Post, Ivor M. D. Jackson, Seymour Reichlin
Imprint	Boston, MA : Springer US, 1980
Connect to	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-3668-6
Descript	XXIV, 507 p. 234 illus. online resource

The idea for this book developed as an outcome of a multidisciplinary symยญ posium entitled "Pituitary Adenoma Update" that was held at Tufts-New Enยญ gland Medical Center in April 1977. The purpose of that symposium was to put together our current knowledge of the cause of pituitary tumors and discuss the diagnostic evaluation and management that was now appropriate, in light of the rapid advances that had taken place so recently in this area. Those of our colleagues who had presented papers at the symposium, as well as a number of others, were invited to contribute to this volume, which should serve as a presentation of the "state of the art" on all aspects of pituยญ itary tumors. We felt that such a book would be of value to endocrinologists, neurosurgeons, neuroradiologists, and pathologists who are involved in the investigation or care of patients with pituitary disorders. For a number of reasons, a review of pituitary adenomas seems particuยญ larly timely. Rapid advances have taken place coincidentally in the fields of neurosurgery, neuroendocrinology, neuroradiology, neuropathology, and neuropharmacology. Seven major developments in these areas have occurred independently and almost simultaneously that have virtually revolutionized our approach to pituitary adenomas

I. Pathophysiology of Pituitary Tumors -- 1 Anatomical and Physiological Basis of Hypothalamic-Pituitary Regulation -- 2 Etiology of Pituitary Adenomas -- 3 The Pathology of Pituitary Adenomas -- II. Clinical Features of Pituitary Tumors -- 4 Galactorrhea Syndromes -- 5 Prolactin-Secreting Adenomas in the Male -- 6 Growth-Hormone-Secreting Pituitary Adenomas -- 7 ACTH-Secreting Adenomas -- 8 Thyrotropin- and Gonadotropin-Secreting Pituitary Adenomas -- 9 Nonsecreting Adenomas -- 10 Sellar and Parasellar Lesions Mimicking Adenoma -- III. Clinical Evaluation of Pituitary Tumors -- 11 Diagnostic Tests for the Evaluation of Pituitary Tumors -- 12 Pituitary Hormone Concentrations in Cerebrospinal Fluid in Patients with Pituitary Tumors -- 13 Ophthalmological Evaluation of Pituitary Adenomas -- 14 The Radiology of Pituitary Adenomasโ{128}{148}An Update -- IV. Treatment of Pituitary Tumors -- 15 Medical Therapy of Pituitary Tumors -- 16 General Considerations in the Surgical Treatment of Pituitary Tumors -- 17 Anatomical Aspects of the Transseptal Approach to the Sphenoid Sinus -- 18 Transsphenoidal Surgery for Pituitary Tumors -- 19 Transfrontal Surgery for Pituitary Tumors -- 20 Endocrine Management after Pituitary Surgery -- 21 Conventional Radiotherapy and Pituitary Tumors -- 22 Radiosurgery Therapy for Pituitary Adenoma -- 23 Overview of Pituitary Tumor Treatment