Management of Pituitary Tumors

The Clinician’s Practical Guide

AvMichael P. Powell,Stafford L. Lightman

Inbunden, Engelska, 2003

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Beskrivning

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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2003-05-14
Mått:155 x 235 x 26 mm
Vikt:732 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:318
Upplaga:2
Förlag:Humana Press Inc.
ISBN:9781588290533

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Endokrinologi inom Medicin

Recensioner i media

"...offers a relatively comprehensive accumulation of information on the different functional subtypes of pituitary tumor and on the extant modes of treatment. On the whole, the text is quite readable, and the chapters are sufficiently compact and to the point that they can be read quickly and efficiently for guidance on the specific issues they cover...its accumulation of much pituitary wisdom into a small space is well organized, well written, and compact enough not to overwhelm. I recommend this book to anyone wanting to learn more about this fascinating subset of intracranial tumors." - Neuro-Oncology ...achieves the goal of teaching patient management while delivering the basis on which the management concepts stand. - J. Neurosurg.

Innehållsförteckning

1 Pathogenesis of Pituitary Adenomas.- 2 Prolactinoma.- 3 Acromegaly.- 4 Cushing’s Disease.- 5 Nonfunctioning Pituitary Tumors.- 6 Visual Manifestations of Pituitary Tumors.- 7 Surgical Assessment and Anesthetic Management of the Pituitary Patient.- 8 Transsphenoidal Surgery.- 9 Transcranial Surgery.- 10 Endoscopic Endonasal Transsphenoidal Surgery.- 11 Early Postoperative Management of Pituitary Tumors.- 12 Long-Term Postoperative Management.- 13 Conventional Radiotherapy for Pituitary Adenomas.- 14 Gamma Knife Radiosurgery for Secretory Pituitary Adenomas.- 15 Parasellar Lesions Other Than Pituitary Adenomas.- 16 A Patient’s Perspective on Pituitary Tumors.