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Last Update: 02/18/2024 05:30 AM

Current Deck: Part 2::1. Subsites::CNS::Pituitary tumours

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CNS | Pituitary tumours | 1.4 | Biologic behaviour and clinical presentation
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  • Long natural history, often with insidious symptoms
  • Slow or no detectable radiologic progression
  • Nearly all pituitary tumours arise from anterior lobe
  • May cause symptoms due to local extension and mass effect
    • Visual field defects
      • Chiasm comrpession
      • Often bitemporal hemianopia
    • CN 3, 4, 6, V1 and V2 defects → cavernous sinus
    • Headache
    • Diplopia
    • Pituitary apoplexy
    • CSF rhinorrhoea
    • Parinaud syndrome
  • Hormonal abnormalities
    • Hypogonadism most common
  • Incidental finding on MRI
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