Clinically nonsecreting pituitary adenomas in childhood and adolescence

Neurosurgery

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 744-751

  Abe, Takumi ^a   Lüdecke, Dieter K ^b   Saeger, Wolfgang ^c  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^c Marienkrankenhaus ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Childhood; Nonsecreting adenoma; Pituitary gland; Proliferative potential; Transnasal surgery

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; GROWTH HORMONE; KI 67 ANTIGEN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROLACTIN; PROTEIN P53;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; MALE; NULL CELL; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTINOMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

ADENOMA; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PITUITARY GLAND; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0345195969     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199804000-00037     Document Type: Article

References (34)

1. Abe T, Doi H, Iwata T, Matsumoto K, Sanno N, Osamura RY: Silent pituitary gonadotropic adenoma in a pubescent female [in Japanese, English abstr]. Nerv Syst Child 20:41-46, 1995.
2. Di Rocco C, Maira G, Borrelli P: Pituitary microadenomas in children. Childs Brain 9:165-178, 1982.
3. Dyer EH, Civit T, Visot A, Delalande O, Derome P: Transsphenoidal surgery for pituitary adenomas in children. Neurosurgery 34:207-212, 1994.
4. Fraioli B, Ferrante L, Celli P: Pituitary adenomas with onset during puberty: Features and treatment. J Neurosurg 59:590-595, 1983.
5. Gaini SM, Giovanelli M, Forni C, Villani R, Scuccimarra A, Carteri A, Iraci G: Pituitary adenomas in infancy and childhood, in Villani R, Giovanelli M, Gaini SM (eds): Modern Problems in Pediatrics: Pediatric Neurosurgery. Basel, Karger, 1977, vol 18, pp 220-225.
6. Ganong WF, Hume DM: The effect of graded hypophysectomy on thyroid, gonadal, and adrenocortical function in the dog. Endocrinology 59:293-301, 1956.
7. Grigsby PW, Thomas PR, Simpson JR, Fineberg BB: Long-term results of radiotherapy in the treatment of pituitary adenomas in children and adolescents. Am J Clin Oncol 11:607-611, 1988.
8. Haddad SF, VanGilder JC, Menezes AH: Pediatric pituitary tumors. Neurosurgery 29:509-514, 1991.
9. Hasegawa K, Kondo A, Kinuta Y, Iwasaki K, Kobata H, Chin M, Saiki M, Nakano I: Pituitary adenoma in childhood and adolescence: A report of four cases [in Japanese, English abstr]. Nerv Syst Child 20:121-127, 1995.
10. Kanter SL, Mickle JP, Hunter SB, Rhoton AL: Pituitary adenomas in pediatric patients: Are they more invasive? Pediatr Neurosci 12:202-204, 1986.
11. Kimura H, Fukushima T, Aikawa H, Takagi T, Tomonaga M: Pituitary apoplexy in a child: Case report [in Japanese, English abstr]. Nerv Syst Child 14:57-62, 1989.
12. Klibanski A: Nonsecreting pituitary tumors. Endocrinol Metab Clin North Am 16:793-804, 1987.
13. Knappe UJ, Lüdecke DK: Transnasal microsurgery in children and adolescents with Cushing's disease. Neurosurgery 39:484-493, 1996.
14. Knosp E, Kitz K, Perneczky A: Proliferation activity in pituitary adenomas: Measurement by monoclonal antibody Ki-67. Neurosurgery 25:927-930, 1989.
15. Kovacs K, Horvath E: Tumors of the pituitary gland, in Hartmann WH, Sobin LH (eds): Atlas of Tumor Pathology. Washington, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, 1986, fascicle 21, series 2.
16. Kovacs K, Asa SL, Horvath E, Ryan N, Singer W, Killinger DW, Smyth HS, Schiethauer BW, Ebersold ML: Null cell adenomas of the pituitary: Attempts to resolve their cytogenesis, in Lechago J, Kameya T (eds): Endocrine Pathology Update. New York, Field & Wood, 1990, pp 17-31.
17. Krämer A, Saeger W, Tallen G, Lüdecke DK: DNA measurement, proliferation markers, and other factors in pituitary adenomas. Endocr Pathol 5:198-211, 1994.
18. Landolt AM, Shibata T, Kleihues P: Growth rate of human pituitary adenomas. J Neurosurg 67:803-806, 1987.
19. Laws ER, Scheithauer BW, Groover RV: Pituitary adenomas in childhood and adolescence. Prog Exp Tumor Res 30:359-361, 1987.
20. Lübke D, Saeger W, Lüdecke DK: Proliferation markers and EGF in ACTH-secreting adenomas and carcinomas of the pituitary. Endocr Pathol 6:45-55, 1995.
21. Lüdecke DK, Herrmann HD, Schulte FJ: Special problems with neurosurgical treatment of hormone-secreting pituitary adenomas in children. Prog Exp Tumor Res 30:362-370, 1987.
22. Matsumura M, Kimura R, Murata M, Handa I: Pituitary adenoma in a 9-year-old boy: Case report and review of the literature [in Japanese, English abstr]. Neurol Med Chir (Tokyo) 24:251-256, 1984.
23. McFadzean RM, Teasdale GM: Pituitary apoplexy, in Landolt AM, Vance ML, Reilly PL (eds): Pituitary Adenomas. New York, Churchill-Livingstone, 1996, pp 485-501.
24. Mindermann T, Wilson CB: Pediatric pituitary adenomas. Neurosurgery 36:259-269, 1995.
25. Mizutani T, Teramoto A, Aruga T, Takakura K, Sanno N: Prepubescent pituitary null cell macroadenoma with silent macroscopic apoplexy: Case report. Neurosurgery 33:907-910, 1993.
26. Müller-Jensen A, Lüdecke DK: Clinical aspects of spontaneous necrosis of pituitary tumors (pituitary apoplexy). J Neurol 224: 267-271, 1981.
27. Partington MD, Davis DH, Laws ER Jr, Scheithauer BW: Pituitary adenomas in childhood and adolescence: Results of transsphenoidal surgery. J Neurosurg 80:209-216, 1994.
28. Saeger W, Günzl H, Meyer M, Schulze C, Lüdecke DK: Immunohistological studies on clinically silent pituitary adenomas. Endocr Pathol 1:37-44, 1990.
29. Scheithauer BW: Surgical pathology of the pituitary: The adenomas: Part II. Pathol Annu 19:269-329, 1984.
30. Shibuya M, Saito F, Miwa T, Davis RL, Wilson CB, Hoshino T: Histochemical study of pituitary adenomas with Ki-67 and anti-DNA polymerase alpha monoclonal antibodies, bromodeoxyuridine labeling, and nucleolar organizer region counts. Acta Neuropathol (Berl) 84:178-183, 1992.
31. Thapar K, Kovacs K, Scheithauer BW, Stefaneanu L, Horvath E, Pernicone PJ, Murray D, Laws ER Jr: Proliferative activity and invasiveness among pituitary adenomas and carcinomas: An analysis using the MIB-1 antibody. Neurosurgery 38:99-107, 1996.
32. Thapar K, Scheithauer BW, Kovacs K, Pernicone PJ, Laws ER Jr: p53 expression in pituitary adenomas and carcinomas: Correlation with invasiveness and tumor growth fractions. Neurosurgery 38:765-771, 1996.
33. Van Buren JM, Bergenstal DM: An evaluation of graded hypophysectomy in man: A quantitative functional and anatomical study. Cancer 13:155-171, 1960.
34. Yamada S, Kovacs K, Horvath E, Aiba T: Morphological study of clinically nonsecreting pituitary adenomas in patients under 40 years of age. J Neurosurg 75:902-905, 1991.