title: [Growth pituitary adenomas: evaluation of 20 patients].
abstract: The growth hormone secreting pituitary adenomas can be mono, bi or pluri-hormonals. The most frequent association of GH is with the sub unit alpha or with the prolactin. This type of adenoma comes with the classic alterations of acromegaly, but when they produce more than one hormone, visual symptoms can be present. The adenoma producing just GH hormone is generally microadenoma and the other two groups tend to be macroadenoma. We analyze 20 cases of these adenomas and we have found quite satisfactory surgical result for the mono-hormonal type group. Radiotherapy should be considered in cases of partial resection.
authors.affiliation: Disciplina de Neurocirurgia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Brasil.
authors.forename: Oswaldo Inácio de
authors.initials: OI
authors.lastname: Tella
authors.forename: Marco Antonio
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Herculano
authors.forename: Rosana
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Delcello
authors.forename: Paulo Henrique
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Aguiar
mesh_terms: D000236:Adenoma / Q000150:complications / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D004700:Endocrine System Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D013006:Growth Hormone / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000601:surgery; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000209:etiology
chemical_list: D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D013006:Growth Hormone