Pituitary Disorders. Diagnosis and Management

Description

This book is a highly clinical and practical resource for endocrinologists of all levels managing patients daily, as well as primary care physicians who are often the first port of call before patient referral. It guides the reader through each pituitary disorder, including those specific to men, women and children. Complications, psychological and psychosocial effects are also discussed, as well as what physicians and patients can expect for long term management.

Table of contents

List of Contributors
Introduction
Robert Knutzen

SECTION 1: OVERVIEW

1 The Endocrine System
Sylvia L. Asa and Shereen Ezzat

2 Signs and Symptoms of Pituitary Disease Physical
Eva Fernandez-Rodriguez, Ignacio Bernabeu and Felipe F. Casanueva

• Emotional
  Eva N. Kassi, Gregory A. Kaltsas, George P. Chrousos
• Psychosocial Aspects
  Valerie Golden

SECTION 2: DISORDERS

3 Acromegaly
Shereen Ezzat

4 Secondary Adrenal Insufficiency
Tobias Else, Richard J. Auchus

5 Adult Growth Hormone Deficiency
T. Brooks Vaughan III, Kristen O Riley, Lewis S Blevins Jr.

6 Pituitary Carcinoma
Sylvia L. Asa

7 Craniopharyngioma
Jessica K. Devin

8 Cushing’s Syndrome
Lewis S. Blevins, Jr.

9 Empty Sella Syndrome
Michael C. Oh and Manish K. Aghi

10 Familial pituitary adenomas
Laura C. Hernández-Ramírez, Márta Korbonits

11 FSH and LH Secreting Tumors
Bahram Khazai, Ronald S. Swerdloff and Christina Wang

12 Hypopituitarism
Klara J. Rosenquist and Ursula B. Kaiser

13 Clinically Nonfunctioning Pituitary Adenomas
Brandon A. Miller, Adriana G. Ioachimescu, Nelson M. Oyesiku

14 Prolactinoma
Luis Sobrinho

15 Rathke’s Cleft Cysts
Seunggu J. Han, Arman Jahangiri, Manish K. Aghi

16 Thyroid Hormone Deficiency
Whitney W. Woodmansee

17 Thyroid Stimulating Hormone Secreting Tumor
A Lania, L Persani, Paolo Beck-Peccoz

18 Pituitary disorders – specific issues for women
Maria Fleseriu, Christine G.Yedinak,Jessica Brzana and Shirley McCartney

19 Hypogonadism and male sexual function.
Prasanth N. Surampudi, Christina Wang and Ronald Swerdloff

20 Specific to Children
Kathryn Pade and Mitchell E. Geffner

SECTION 3: DIAGNOSING PITUITARY DISORDERS

21 Physical examination
Laurence Katznelson

22 Pituitary Endocrine Function Testing
Shereen Ezzat

SECTION 4: TREATMENT OF PITUITARY DISORDERS

23 Medical management of pituitary adenomas
Paolo Cappabianca, Daniel M. Prevedello, Michelangelo de Angelis, Andressa Bornschein, Leo
F. S. Ditzel Filho, Domenico Solari, Ricardo L. Carrau, Felice Esposito, Danielle de Lara, Luigi M. Cavallo, Annamaria Colao

24 Surgical Pure endoscopic transsphenoidal surgery
Gautam U. Mehta, John A. Jane, Jr

• Open transcranial approaches to the sella
  Ian F. Dunn
• Endoscopic Skull Base Approaches
  Tong Yang and Theodore H. Schwartz
• Transnasal Endoscope-Assisted Transsphenoidal Approach for Pituitary Tumors
  Huy T. Duong and Daniel F. Kelly

25 Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Pituitary Adenomas
Brian J. Williams, Stephen J. Monteith, Jason P. Sheehan

26 Hormone Replacement Therapy Growth Hormone Deficiency in Adults
Joseph A.M.J.L. Janssen and Aart Jan van der Lely

• Growth Hormone Deficiency in Children
  Alan D. Rogol
• Pituitary Hormone Replacement in Women
  Adriana G. Ioachimescu

SECTION 5: COMPLICATIONS THAT ACCOMPANY PITUITARY DISEASE

27 Complications of pituitary disease

• Cardiac complications of pituitary diseases
  Ludovica F. S. Grasso, Alessia Cozzolino, Annamaria Colao
• Cognitive dysfunction
  Krystallenia I. Alexandraki, Gregory A. Kaltsas, George P. Chrousos
• Diabetes insipidus
  Marco Faustini-Fustini and Giorgio Frank
• Headaches
  Paul B. Rizzoli
• Obesity
  Andrea L. Utz
• Osteoporosis
  Andrea L. Utz
• Permanent hormone deficiency
  Andrea L. Utz
• Visual Deficits Caused By Pituitary Tumors
  Sashank Prasad

SECTION 6: GENERAL PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PSYCHOSOCIAL EFFECTS

28 General Psychological and Psychosocial Effects of Pituitary Disorders
Valerie Golden

SECTION 7: LONG TERM: WHAT YOU AND YOUR PATIENTS CAN EXPECT

29 Living with Pituitary Disease
Jessica K. Devin

SECTION 8: RESEARCH AND CLINICAL TRIALS

30 Research and Clinical Trials
Brittany P. Sumerel and Anthony P. Heaney

SECTION 9: RESOURCES

31 The Fundamentals of Pituitary Pathology
Sylvia L. Asa

Glossary of Pituitary Related Disorders
Pejman Cohan

Index