Background Carotid stenting is less invasive than endarterectomy, but it is unclear whether
it is as safe in patients with symptomatic carotid-artery stenosis. Methods We conducted a …

Pituitary adenomas are currently classified by histological, immunocytochemical and
numerous ultrastructural characteristics lacking unequivocal prognostic correlations. We …

Tumors of the cerebellopontine angle (CPA) are frequent; acoustic neuromas and meningiomas
represent the great majority of such tumors. However, a large variety of unusual lesions …

Pituitary apoplexy, a rare clinical syndrome secondary to abrupt hemorrhage or infarction,
complicates 2%–12% of pituitary adenomas, especially nonfunctioning tumors. Headache of …

T1 signal hyperintensity is a common finding at magnetic resonance imaging of the sellar
region. However, this signal intensity pattern has different sources, and its significance …

Today, MR is the only method needed for the morphological investigation of endocrine-active
pituitary adenomas. In acromegaly and Cushing’s syndrome, the therapeutic attitude is …

X-linked acrogigantism (X-LAG) is a new syndrome of pituitary gigantism, caused by
microduplications on chromosome Xq26.3, encompassing the gene GPR101 , which is highly …

… g , 6 Ghaidaa Nasserh, Philippe Caroni, Fabrice Bonnevillej, Gerald Raverotk, Veronique
Laprasl, 7 Francois Cottonl, Brigitte Delemerm, Brigitte Higeln, Anne Boulino, Stephan …

GH-secreting pituitary adenomas can be hypo-, iso- or hyper-intense on T2-weighted MRI
sequences. We conducted the current multicenter study in a large population of patients with …

Post-surgical surveillance of non-functioning pituitary adenoma (NFPA) is based on magnetic
resonance imaging (MRI) at 3 or 6 months then 1 year. When there is no adenomatous …