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Cetoacidosis diabética en un paciente con acromegalia: un desafío diagnóstico y terapéutico

La acromegalia es una enfermedad rara que se caracteriza por el aumento de la hormona de crecimiento (HC) y, en consecuencia, del factor de crecimiento similar a la insulina 1 (IGF-1), siendo la causa más frecuente la presencia de un adenoma hipofisario. Sus principales manifestaciones son el crecimient...

Incidentalomas o no incidentalomas: ¿cuál es la relevancia de los adenomas hipofisarios en el adulto?
Incidentalomas or Non-Incidentalomas: What is the Relevance of Pituitary Adenomas in the Adult?

Introducción: desde el punto de vista anatómico, los adenomas hipofisarios (AH) se observan en el 10% de la población. Son en su mayoría pequeños y no funcionantes. La mayoría de los incidentalomas descubiertos en estudios de imágenes con alta resolución pedidos en situaciones clínica...

Huge Sellar Plasmacytoma as Differential Diagnosis of Invasive Pituitary Adenoma: A Case Report

Arq. bras. neurocir; 40 (2), 2021
Sellar plasmacytomas are rare tumors arising from plasma cells. They are often misdiagnosed as adenomas.We report the case of a 63-year-old woman with headache, cranial nerve III palsy and decreased visual acuity. Imaging revealed an extensive lesion centered on the clivus, extending to the cavernous sin...

Apoplexy in sporadic pituitary adenomas: a single referral center experience and AIP mutation analysis

ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze the clinical, laboratory, and radiological findings and management of patients with clinical pituitary apoplexy and to screen for aryl hydrocarbon receptor-interacting protein (AIP) mutations. Subjects and methods: The clinical findings were collected from the medical rec...

Non-functioning pituitary adenomas and pregnancy: one-center experience and review of the literature

SUMMARY The usual clinical presentation of non-functioning pituitary adenoma (NFPA) consists of symptoms of mass effect and hypopituitarism. NFPA is a rare condition in young women and an uncommon complication during pregnancy. We present the outcome of three patients with NFPA during pregnancy. Case 1: ...

Remisión espontánea de acromegalia y enfermedad de Cushing en adultos mayores: casos clínicos

Rev. méd. Chile; 146 (7), 2018
Pituitary diseases such as acromegaly and Cushing's disease require surgical or medical therapy. In some functioning pituitary tumors, a spontaneous remission of hormonal hypersecretion is observed, mainly associated to apoplexy or pituitary infarction. We report the evolution of two female patients olde...

Long-term follow-up of patients with elevated IGF-1 and nadir GH > 0 4 µg/L but < 1 µg/L

ABSTRACT Objective To report the results of initial investigation and after 5 years of patients with a suspicious clinical scenario for acromegaly, elevated IGF-1, and nadir GH during an oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) > 0.4 µg/L but < 1 µg/L. Subjects and methods Seventeen patients who ha...

Resonancia magnética en pacientes con tumores más frecuentes en la región selar
Magnetic resonance in patients with more frequent tumors in the selar region

Medisan; 21 (6), 2017
La resonancia magnética constituye el examen ideal en pacientes con presunción clínica de tumores en la región selar, pues no emite radiaciones ionizantes y debido a su visión multiplanar y discriminación tisular, posibilita adoptar una conducta terapéutica adecuada y un seguimiento sin riesgos en...

Incidentalomas endocrinos, más que una imagen
Endocrine incidentalomas, more than an image

Endocrine incidentalomas are nodular lesions located in endocrine glands, diagnosed serendipitously by different image techniques requested for non-endocrine reasons. They can be located in many sites, but this review describes those that compromise pituitary, adrenal and thyroid gland. The main diagnost...

Prolactinomas may have unusual presentations resulting from massive extrasellar tumor extension

Arq. neuropsiquiatr; 74 (7), 2016
ABSTRACT The purpose of this case series is to report eight patients with giant prolactinomas emphasizing presentations and a treatment complication. The study group included six men and two women. The median age was 29 years (18–54 years); median serum prolactin level was 4,562 ng/ml (1,543–...