Abstract
Pituitary tumors account for approximately 15% of primary intracranial neoplasms and often are diagnosed incidentally. Common sellar lesions are pituitary adenomas, craniopharyngiomas, and Rathke cleft cysts. Currently endoscopic transsphenoidal approaches are largely used, and many centers also use 3-dimensional (3D) technology, although additional results of long-term follow-up are still being accumulated. We present a retrospective analysis of 104 patients with sellar lesions (57 male and 47 female, mean age 52 years) who underwent 3D endoscopic transsphenoidal surgery in our center from December 2011 to March 2015 and were followed up for a mean time of 18 months. A total of 16 patients were diagnosed with growth hormone-secreting adenomas, 9 with adrenocorticotropic hormone-secreting, 5 with prolactin-secreting, and 2 with thyroid-stimulating hormone-secreting tumors and 58 with nonsecreting pituitary adenomas. Five patients had Rathke cleft cysts, 5 craniopharyngiomas, 2 fibrous solitary tumors, 1 a metastasis, and 1 a chordoma. At baseline, 47 patients (45.2%) had hormonal changes and 52 (50%) had visual field changes. Complete resection was achieved in 73 patients (70.1%). Follow-up evaluation detected hormonal remissio...Continue Reading
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