title: Pituitary tumor diagnosis and treatment.
abstract: Over the past few years, significant contributions have been made to the understanding, diagnosis, and treatment of pituitary tumors. This article reviews recent advances in the areas of biology, diagnostic imaging, medical diagnosis and treatment, surgical results and technique, and adjuvant therapy in the form of radiotherapy and radiosurgery. Of particular note are the roles of endoscopy, intraoperative magnetic resonance imaging, radiosurgery, and radiation for nonfunction tumors, the diagnosis of Cushing's disease, the management of "incidentalomas," and new medication therapies.
authors.affiliation: Division of Neurosurgery, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Fletcher Allen Health Care-MCHV campus, 507 Fletcher House, 111 Colchester Avenue, Burlington, VT 05401, USA. paul.penar@uvm.edu
authors.forename: Paul L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Penar
authors.forename: David J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Nathan
authors.forename: Muriel H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Nathan
authors.forename: Afshin
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Salsali
mesh_terms: D000236:Adenoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D015175:Prolactinoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy