Diagnosis and Management of Pituitary Tumors

1 Pituitary Adenomas: Historic Considerations.- 2 Anatomy of the Pituitary Gland and Sellar Region.- 3 Hypothalamic—Pituitary Physiology and Regulation.- 4 Epidemiology of Pituitary Tumors.- 5 Pathogenesis and Molecular Biology of Pituitary Tumors.- 6 Experimental Models of Pituitary Tumorigenesis.- 7 Pathology of Pituitary Adenomas and Pituitary Hyperplasia.- 8 Molecular Pathology of Pituitary Tumors.- 9 Diagnosis, Management, and Prognosis of Pituitary Tumors: General Considerations.- 10 Neuro-Ophthalmologic Evaluation of Pituitary Tumors.- 11 Imaging of Pituitary Tumors.- 12 Positron Emission Tomography in Sellar Tumors: In Vivo Metabolic, Receptor, and Enzyme Characterization.- 13 Pituitary Surgery.- 14 Medical Therapy of Pituitary Tumors.- 15 Radiation Therapy of Pituitary Tumors: Including Stereotactic Radiosurgery.- 16 Prolactinomas.- 17 Somatotroph Adenomas: Acromegaly and Gigantism.- 18 Corticotroph Adenomas: Cushing’s Disease and Nelson’s Syndrome.- 19 Thyrotroph Adenomas.- 20 Clinically Nonfunctioning Pituitary Adenomas.- 21 Pituitary Tumors in Children.- 22 Invasive Pituitary Adenoma and Pituitary Carcinoma.- 23 Sellar Tumors Other Than Adenomas.- 24 Tumor-like Lesions of the Sellar Region.- 25 Pituitary Tumors: Future Perspectives.

"This is a monumental book, written by eminent specialists and which describes in detail with many excellent illustrations all types of pituitary tumors. It is a multidisciplinary compilation of the latest data covering the epidemiology, genetics, clinical manifestations, diagnosis and therapy of each kind of known types of pituitary tumors. Each of the 25 chapters has a rich reference list. Lavishly illustrated, including histological photographs, and educational schemes, with excellent technical production. It is a pleasure to consult this comprehensive text....This book should be in all hospital libraries and beyond. Of interest to endocrinologists, pathologists, oncologists, neurosurgeons, radiotherapists and geneticists." - Journal of Endocrine Genetics