Main description:

Leading physicians from a variety of medical specialties summarize their clinical experiences in treating pituitary adenomas in United States and the United Kingdom. Using simple language to describe their approaches, the authors describe the latest treatments for prolactinoma, acromegaly, Cushing's disease, and nonfunctioning pituitary tumors, and the latest surgical techniques. To round out the clinician's understanding of the illness, a patient describes the experience of diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up. Comprehensive and accessible, Management of Pituitary Tumors: The Clinician's Practical Guide brings together all the medical fields involved in treating pituitary tumors, both for novices in the specialties that manage these cases, and for pituitary specialists seeking to understand better the contribution of other medical disciplines to the treatment of these tumors.

Contents:

Pathogenesis of Pituitary Adenomas
Andrew Levy

Prolactinoma
Prakash Abraham and John S. Bevan

Acromegaly
Mary Lee Vance

Cushing's Disease
Christian A. Koch and George P. Chrousos

Nonfunctioning Pituitary Tumors
Mary H. Samuels

Visual Manifestations of Pituitary Tumors
Ian MacDonald and Michael P. Powell

Surgical Assessment and Anesthetic Management of the Pituitary Patient
Michael P. Powell and Nicholas P. Hirsch

Transsphenoidal Surgery
Kamal Thapar and Edward R. Laws, Jr.

Transcranial Surgery
Michael P. Powell and Jonathan R. Pollock

Endoscopic Endonasal Transsphenoidal Surgery
Paolo Cappabianca and Enrico de Divitiis

Early Postoperative Management of Pituitary Tumors
Michael P. Powell, Jonathan R. Pollock, Stefanie Baldeweg, and Stafford L. Lightman

Long-Term Postoperative Management
Paul V. Carroll and Ashley B. Grossman

Conventional Radiotherapy for Pituitary Adenomas
Michael Brada

Gamma Knife Radiosurgery for Secretory Pituitary Adenomas
Mary Lee Vance and Edward R. Laws, Jr.

Parasellar Lesions Other Than Pituitary Adenomas
Kamal Thapar, Tomohiko Kohata, and Edward R. Laws, Jr.

A Patient's Perspective on Pituitary Tumors
Patsy Perrin

Index