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Table 4 Endocrinological changes of patients with pituitary adenomas treated with MASEP GKRS

From: MASEP gamma knife radiosurgery for secretory pituitary adenomas: experience in 347 consecutive cases

Type of adenomas

normalization

decrease

no improve

hypopituitarism

ACTH adenomas

    

   microadenoma

7

11

2

1

   macroadenoma

12

31

4

0

Prolactinomas

    

   microadenoma

0

0

0

0

   macroadenoma

41

114

18

3

GH adenomas

    

   microadenoma

0

0

0

0

   macroadenoma

38

56

7

2

Total(%)

98(28.2)

212(61.1)

31(8.9)

6(1.7)

  1. Hypopituitarism occurred in 1 patients with ACTH adenomas after MASEP GKRS; 3 patients with prolactinomas had hypopituitarism after MASEP GKRS; 2 patient with GH adenoma had hypopituitarism after MASEP GKRS
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Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research

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