Clinical features of 22 patients with pituitary adenoma
Case No./Patient Age (y)/Patient Sex | Signs and Symptoms* | Adenoma Type† | Height × Width × Thickness (mm) | HSI Site§ | HSI Shape‖ | Postoperative MR Study Interval (mo) | Postoperative HSI | Postoperative DI |
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Group A | ||||||||
1/63/M | VFD | NF | 31 × 28 × 33 | SD | Ovoid | 5 | Yes | No |
2/63/F | Headache | NF | 20 × 18 × 19 | SD | Round | 36 | Yes | No |
3/61/M | VFD | NF | 39 × 26 × 30 | SD | Ovoid | 6 | Yes | No |
4/55/M | VFD | NF | 32 × 26 × 25 | SD | Linear | 10 | Yes | No |
5/63/M | VFD | NF | 26 × 22 × 20 | SD | Linear | 0.5 | Yes | No |
6/35/M | Impotence | PRL | 35 × 25 × 22 | SD | Linear | 44 | Yes | No |
7/74/F | VFD | NF | 35 × 22 × 26 | SD | Round | 5 | Yes | No |
8/59/F | VFD | NF | 38 × 31 × 23 | SD | Linear | 3 | Yes | No |
9/39/F | VFD | NF | 27 × 21 × 18 | IS | Linear | 21 | Yes | No |
10/39/F | VFD | PRL | 22 × 18 × 18 | SD | Linear | 44 | Yes | No |
11/17/F | VFD | PRL | 27 × 18 × 18 | SD | Linear | 48 | Yes | No |
12/72/F | VFD | NF | 29 × 26 × 24 | SD | Linear | 32 | Yes | No |
13/61/F | VFD | NF | 34 × 26 × 24 | SD | Linear | 31 | Yes | No |
14/54/F | VFD | NF | 24 × 20 × 18 | ME | Linear | 1 | Yes | No |
15/28/F | Amenorrhea | PRL | 22 × 18 × 15 | SD | Linear | 26 | Yes | No |
16/35/F | VFD | NF | 29 × 26 × 20 | SD | Linear | 24 | Yes | No |
17/74/F | Acromegaly | GH | 24 × 23 × 21 | SD | Ovoid | 6 | Yes | No |
18/33/F | VFD | PRL | 52 × 38 × 36 | None | NA | 27 | Yes | No |
Group B | ||||||||
19/60/M | VFD | NF | 19 × 18 × 20 | None | NA | 4 | No | No |
20/70/M | VFD | NF‡ | 22 × 20 × 18 | None | NA | 7 | No | Yes |
21/48/F | VFD | NF | 29 × 20 × 20 | None | NA | 27 | No | Yes |
22/30/M | VFD | NF | 34 × 30 × 26 | None | NA | 22 | No | Yes |
* VFD indicates visual field defect.
† GH indicates growth hormone–secreting adenoma; NF, nonfunctioning adenoma; and PRL, prolactinoma.
‡ Pituitary apoplexy.
§ IS indicates intrasellar; ME, median eminence; SD, supradiaphragmatic.
‖ NA indicates not applicable.