Pituitary Disorders of Childhood (eBook)

Brenda Kohn, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Director, Division of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, NY, USA

Part I. Embryologic and Genetic Disorders of the Pituitary Gland.- Genomics.- Genetics of Hypopituitarism.- Part II. Acquired Pituitary Disorders: Pituitary Tumors and Nonpituitary Sellar Masses.- Adamantinomatous Craniopharyngioma: Genomics, Radiologic Findings, Clinical, Prognosis.- Prolactinomas.- Cushing’s Disease: Diagnosis and Treatment.- Surgery for Cushing’s Disease.- Gigantism and Acromegaly.- TSH Secreting Pituitary Adenomas.- Molecular Predictors of Clinical Behavior in Pituitary Adenohypophysial Tumors.- Nonpituitary Sellar Masses and Infiltrative Disorders.- Part III. Posterior Pituitary Disorders.- Posterior Pituitary Disorders: Anatomy and Physiology; Central Diabetes Insipidus (CDI); Syndrome of Inappropriate Anti-diuretic Hormone (SIADH).- Part IV. Functional Hypothalamic-Pituitary Hormone Deficiencies.- Congenital Hypogonadotropic Hypogonadism (Isolated GnRH Deficiency).- Genetics of Delayed Puberty.- Hypothalamic Amenorrhea.- Part V. Neuro-opthalmic Diseases.- Neuro-ophthalmic Diseases and Endocrinologic Function.- Part VI. CNS Radiation.- CNS Radiation of Childhood CNS Tumors.- Part VII. Childhood Cancer Treatment.- Hypothalamic-Pituitary Dysfunction as a Late-Effect of Childhood Cancer, Brain Tumors and their Treatments.- Part VIII. Traumatic Brain Injury.- Pituitary Response to Traumatic Brain Injury.