Title | Diagnosis and Management of Pituitary Tumors [electronic resource] / edited by Kamal Thapar, Kalman Kovacs, Bernd W. Scheithauer, Ricardo V. Lloyd |
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Imprint | Totowa, NJ : Humana Press : Imprint: Humana Press, 2001 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-217-3 |
Descript | online resource |
1 Pituitary Adenomas: Historic Considerations -- 2 Anatomy of the Pituitary Gland and Sellar Region -- 3 HypothalamicโPituitary Physiology and Regulation -- 4 Epidemiology of Pituitary Tumors -- 5 Pathogenesis and Molecular Biology of Pituitary Tumors -- 6 Experimental Models of Pituitary Tumorigenesis -- 7 Pathology of Pituitary Adenomas and Pituitary Hyperplasia -- 8 Molecular Pathology of Pituitary Tumors -- 9 Diagnosis, Management, and Prognosis of Pituitary Tumors: General Considerations -- 10 Neuro-Ophthalmologic Evaluation of Pituitary Tumors -- 11 Imaging of Pituitary Tumors -- 12 Positron Emission Tomography in Sellar Tumors: In Vivo Metabolic, Receptor, and Enzyme Characterization -- 13 Pituitary Surgery -- 14 Medical Therapy of Pituitary Tumors -- 15 Radiation Therapy of Pituitary Tumors: Including Stereotactic Radiosurgery -- 16 Prolactinomas -- 17 Somatotroph Adenomas: Acromegaly and Gigantism -- 18 Corticotroph Adenomas: Cushingโs Disease and Nelsonโs Syndrome -- 19 Thyrotroph Adenomas -- 20 Clinically Nonfunctioning Pituitary Adenomas -- 21 Pituitary Tumors in Children -- 22 Invasive Pituitary Adenoma and Pituitary Carcinoma -- 23 Sellar Tumors Other Than Adenomas -- 24 Tumor-like Lesions of the Sellar Region -- 25 Pituitary Tumors: Future Perspectives