INTRODUCTION: Functioning pituitary adenomas lead to substantial morbidity and increased mortality associated with typical endocrine syndromes. Surgical therapy is an integral part of the management of these tumours. The aim of this study was to evaluate the results of surgical transnasal procedures in patients with functioning pituitary adenomas who underwent the surgery at the Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Olomouc. METHODS: Patients with functioning pituitary adenoma (ACTH, GH, PRL) were indicated for surgery. All patients underwent preoperative and postoperative endocrinological examination and laboratory tests to assess excessive or deficient hormonal production and imaging examination. RESULTS: The cohort consisted of 58 patients, 33 of whom were women and 25 men. The age range was 12-77 years (mean age 47.6 years). Microadenoma was diagnosed in 58.6% of patients and macroadenoma in 41.4% of patients. The most common hypersecretory syndrome was excessive production of growth hormone (56.9%), followed by excessive production of adrenocorticotropic hormone (24.1%) and prolactin (12.1%). In the group with excessive production of ACTH, complete remission was achieved after the first surgery in 78.6% of cases (72.8% for microadenomas (8) and 100% (3) cases in macroadenomas); in the group with excessive GH production in 51.4% (63.2% (7) in microadenomas and 46.2% (12) cases in macroadenomas). In the group with excessive production of PRL, it was 57.1% (100% (2) in microadenomas and 40% (2) cases in macroadenomas). CONCLUSION: Surgical therapy in the presented cohort led to the normalisation of hormonal excessive production in 58.6% of cases. A combination of drug therapy and radiotherapeutic methods was necessary in the remaining cases to achieve hormonal remission.
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- adenom * chirurgie MeSH
- dítě MeSH
- dospělí MeSH
- lidé středního věku MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- mladiství MeSH
- mladý dospělý MeSH
- nádory hypofýzy * chirurgie MeSH
- senioři MeSH
- výsledek terapie MeSH
- Check Tag
- dítě MeSH
- dospělí MeSH
- lidé středního věku MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- mladiství MeSH
- mladý dospělý MeSH
- mužské pohlaví MeSH
- senioři MeSH
- ženské pohlaví MeSH
- Publikační typ
- časopisecké články MeSH
Kromě hypogonadizmu jsou s mužskou sexuální dysfunkcí spojena i další endokrinní onemocnění. V našem článku se zabýváme úlohou hypofyzárního hormonu prolaktinu při mužských sexuálních dysfunkcích, zvláště pak při erektilní dysfunkci. Erektilní dysfunkce je u mužů s hyperprolaktinémií častá. Léčba této primární příčiny může ovlivnit normální erektilní funkci. V souboru našich pacientů došlo po léčbě hyperprolaktinémie (medikamentózní i operační) k normalizaci hladiny prolaktinu u všech léčených pacientů. Erektilní dysfunkce byla u všech mužů léčena některým typem inhibitoru 5 fosfodiesterázy – tedy sildenafilem, tadalafilem, vardenafilem, avanafilem. Po zaléčení primární příčiny erektilní dysfunkce pak došlo i ke zlepšení IIEF-5 (International Index of Erectile Function) skóre, a tedy i erektilní funkce všech našich pacientů.
In addition to hypogonadism, other endocrine diseases are associated with male sexual dysfunction. In this article, we review the role of the pituitary hormone prolactin in male sexual dysfunction, and in particular in erectile dysfunction. Erectile dysfunction is common in men with hyperprolactinemia. Treatment of this primary cause may affect normal erectile function. In our patient cohort, after treatment of hyperprolactinemia (medical and surgical), prolactin levels normalized in all treated patients. Erectile dysfunction in all men was treated with some type of phosphodiesterase 5 inhibitor - i.e. sildenafil, tadalafil, vardenafil, avanafil. After the treatment of the primary cause of erectile dysfunction, there was then also an improvement in IIEF-5 (International Index of Erectile Function) score and therefore erectile function in all our patients.
BACKGROUND: We report four pediatric subjects with Cushing's disease (CD) diagnosed in the Czech Republic. We focus on initial symptoms of Cushing's syndrome (CS) which can lead to early diagnosis, on typical symptoms of CS in children, their age and sex distribution, the mean length of symptoms prior to diagnosis, indication for examination, post-cure growth, sexual development and pituitary function in our four CD patients after transsphenoidal pituitary surgery (TSS). We describe the diagnostic process leading to confirmation of CD and we emphasize the biochemical and radiological diagnostic difficulties. CONCLUSIONS: Pediatric CD has a number of features distinct from adult CD. Our retrospective analysis confirmed the presence of growth retardation and change in facial appearance with development of moon face as the first symptoms of CS. According to our observation, growth retardation is prior to development of moon face. The other typical symptoms frequently seen in pediatric patients are pseudo-precocious puberty in both sexes, hirsutism in pubertal girls due to excessive adrenal androgen secretion and pubertal delay. A corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) test and especially bilateral inferior petrosal sinus sampling for ACTH (BIPSS) contribute to confirming the diagnosis of CD and excluding ectopic ACTH syndrome in children with unvisible adenoma on pituitary magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
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- diferenciální diagnóza MeSH
- dítě MeSH
- dospělí MeSH
- hypersekrece ACTH v hypofýze * diagnóza MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- nádory hypofýzy * MeSH
- poruchy růstu MeSH
- retrospektivní studie MeSH
- Check Tag
- dítě MeSH
- dospělí MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- mužské pohlaví MeSH
- ženské pohlaví MeSH
- Publikační typ
- kazuistiky MeSH
- Geografické názvy
- Česká republika MeSH
BACKGROUND: A higher risk of secondary brain tumor, carotid stenosis, and stroke has been reported after conventional sella irradiation for pituitary neuroendocrine tumors (PitNET). Stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS), which is a more focused approach, is now increasingly used instead. The aim was to assess the risk of secondary brain tumor, carotid stenosis/occlusion, and stroke after SRS. METHODS: In this multicentric retrospective study, 2254 patients with PitNET were studied, 1377 in the exposed group, and 877 in the control group. RESULTS: There were 9840.1 patient-years at risk for the SRS and 5266.5 for the control group. The 15-year cumulative probability of secondary intracranial tumor was 2.3% (95% CI: 0.5%, 4.1%) for SRS and 3.7% (95% CI: 0%, 8.7%) for the control group (P = .6), with an incidence rate of 1.32 per 1000 and 0.95 per 1000, respectively. SRS was not associated with an increased risk of tumorigenesis when stratified by age (HR: 1.59 [95% CI: 0.57, 4.47], Pp = .38). The 15-year probability of new carotid stenosis/occlusion was 0.9% (95% CI: 0.2, 1.6) in the SRS and 2% (95% CI: 0, 4.4) in the control group (P = .8). The 15-year probability of stroke was 2.6% (95% CI: 0.6%, 4.6%) in the SRS and 11.1% (95% CI: 6%, 15.9%) in the control group (P < .001). In Cox multivariate analysis stratified by age, SRS (HR 1.85 [95% CI:0.64, 5.35], P = .26) was not associated with risk of new stroke. CONCLUSIONS: No increased risk of long-term secondary brain tumor, new stenosis or occlusion, and stroke was demonstrated in the SRS group compared to the control in this study with imaging surveillance.
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- cévní mozková příhoda * etiologie epidemiologie MeSH
- dítě MeSH
- dospělí MeSH
- lidé středního věku MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- mladiství MeSH
- mladý dospělý MeSH
- nádory hypofýzy * epidemiologie MeSH
- nádory mozku epidemiologie etiologie MeSH
- následné studie MeSH
- prognóza MeSH
- radiochirurgie * škodlivé účinky MeSH
- retrospektivní studie MeSH
- rizikové faktory MeSH
- sekundární malignity etiologie epidemiologie patologie MeSH
- senioři nad 80 let MeSH
- senioři MeSH
- stenóza arteria carotis * etiologie epidemiologie MeSH
- Check Tag
- dítě MeSH
- dospělí MeSH
- lidé středního věku MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- mladiství MeSH
- mladý dospělý MeSH
- mužské pohlaví MeSH
- senioři nad 80 let MeSH
- senioři MeSH
- ženské pohlaví MeSH
- Publikační typ
- časopisecké články MeSH
- multicentrická studie MeSH
Nádory hypofýzy jsou běžné intrakraniální tumory dospělé populace. Naprostá většina nádorů hypofýzy je představována pituitárními neuroendokrinními tumory (PitNETy, dříve adenomy), které lze klasifikovat v závislosti na linii diferenciace nádorových buněk, jež odráží buněčné populace normální hypofýzy. Příslušnost k různým subpopulacím je řízena jedním či více transkripčními faktory (Pit1, Tpit, SF1 a GATA3), které regulují mimo jiné též hormonální produkci v normálních i nádorových buňkách hypofýzy. Tento přehledový článek v krátkosti z perspektivy diagnostické patologie shrnuje novinky ve WHO klasifikaci PitNETů a dále se zabývá vzácnějšími lézemi hypofýzy, jmenovitě kraniofaryngiomy, pituicytomy a sekundárními nádory sellární oblasti.
Pituitary tumors are common intracranial tumors in adults. Pituitary neuroendocrine tumors (PitNETs, formerly adenomas) represent a vast majority of pituitary lesions. These tumors can be classified according to the lineage of differentiation in tumor cells that corresponds to cellular subpopulations of normal pituitary. These cell lineages are determined by one or more transcription factors (Pit1, Tpit, SF1 and GATA3) that also regulate hormonal production in both normal pituitary cells and their neoplastic counterparts. This review article summarizes briefly current approach in histopathological diagnosis of PitNETs according to the latest WHO classification. Furthermore, rarer entities, including pituictyomas and craniopharyngiomas are discussed, as well as secondary tumors of sellar region.
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- histologické techniky MeSH
- kraniofaryngeom diagnóza patologie MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- nádory hypofýzy * diagnóza patologie MeSH
- neuroendokrinní nádory MeSH
- transkripční faktory genetika MeSH
- Check Tag
- lidé MeSH
- Publikační typ
- přehledy MeSH
Pituitary adenomas (PA) represent the most common type of sellar neoplasm. Extracting relevant information from radiological images is essential for decision support in addressing various objectives related to PA. Given the critical need for an accurate assessment of the natural progression of PA, computer vision (CV) and artificial intelligence (AI) play a pivotal role in automatically extracting features from radiological images. The field of "Radiomics" involves the extraction of high-dimensional features, often referred to as "Radiomic features," from digital radiological images. This survey offers an analysis of the current state of research in PA radiomics. Our work comprises a systematic review of 34 publications focused on PA radiomics and other automated information mining pertaining to PA through the analysis of radiological data using computer vision methods. We begin with a theoretical exploration essential for understanding the theoretical background of radionmics, encompassing traditional approaches from computer vision and machine learning, as well as the latest methodologies in deep radiomics utilizing deep learning (DL). Thirty-four research works under examination are comprehensively compared and evaluated. The overall results achieved in the analyzed papers are high, e.g., the best accuracy is up to 96% and the best achieved AUC is up to 0.99, which establishes optimism for the successful use of radiomic features. Methods based on deep learning seem to be the most promising for the future. In relation to this perspective DL methods, several challenges are remarkable: It is important to create high-quality and sufficiently extensive datasets necessary for training deep neural networks. Interpretability of deep radiomics is also a big open challenge. It is necessary to develop and verify methods that will explain to us how deep radiomic features reflect various physics-explainable aspects.
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- adenom * diagnostické zobrazování MeSH
- deep learning MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- nádory hypofýzy * diagnostické zobrazování MeSH
- počítačové zpracování obrazu metody MeSH
- radiomika MeSH
- strojové učení MeSH
- umělá inteligence MeSH
- Check Tag
- lidé MeSH
- Publikační typ
- časopisecké články MeSH
- přehledy MeSH
- systematický přehled MeSH
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- chiasma opticum patologie MeSH
- kraniofaryngeom * diagnóza komplikace MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- nádory hypotalamu klasifikace komplikace MeSH
- poruchy zraku * diagnóza etiologie klasifikace MeSH
- zrakové testy klasifikace metody MeSH
- Check Tag
- lidé MeSH
- Publikační typ
- přehledy MeSH
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- bariatrická chirurgie metody MeSH
- energetický metabolismus MeSH
- hypoglykemika farmakologie klasifikace terapeutické užití MeSH
- kraniofaryngeom * diagnóza komplikace MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- management farmakoterapie MeSH
- nádory hypotalamu diagnóza klasifikace komplikace MeSH
- obezita * diagnóza etiologie farmakoterapie metabolismus MeSH
- oktreotid farmakologie terapeutické užití MeSH
- poruchy spánku a bdění etiologie farmakoterapie MeSH
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- lidé MeSH
- Publikační typ
- práce podpořená grantem MeSH
- přehledy MeSH
BACKGROUND: Stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) is used to treat recurrent or residual nonfunctioning pituitary neuroendocrine tumors (NFPA). The objective of the study was to assess imaging and development of new pituitary hormone deficiency. METHODS: Patients treated with single-session SRS for a NFPA were included in this retrospective, multicenter study. Tumor control and new pituitary dysfunction were evaluated using Cox analysis and Kaplan-Meier curves. RESULTS: A total of 869 patients (male 476 [54.8%], median age at SRS 52.5 years [Interquartile range (IQR): 18.9]) were treated using a median margin dose of 14Gy (IQR: 4) for a median tumor volume of 3.4 cc (IQR: 4.3). With a median radiological follow-up of 3.7 years (IQR: 4.8), volumetric tumor reduction occurred in 451 patients (51.9%), stability in 364 (41.9%) and 54 patients (6.2%) showed tumor progression.The probability of tumor control was 95.5% (95% Confidence Interval [CI]: 93.8-97.3) and 88.8% (95%CI: 85.2-92.5) at 5 and 10 years, respectively. A margin dose >14 Gy was associated with tumor control (Hazard Ratio [HR]:0.33, 95% CI: 0.18-0.60, P < 0.001). The probability of new hypopituitarism was 9.9% (95% CI: 7.3-12.5) and 15.3% (95% CI: 11-19.4) at 5 and 10 years, respectively. A maximum point dose >10 Gy in the pituitary stalk was associated with new pituitary hormone deficiency (HR: 3.47, 95% CI: 1.95-6.19). The cumulative probability of new cortisol, thyroid, gonadotroph, and growth hormone deficiency was 8% (95% CI: 3.9-11.9), 8.3% (95% CI: 3.9-12.5), 3.5% (95% CI: 1.7-5.2), and 4.7% (95% CI: 1.9-7.4), respectively at 10 years. CONCLUSIONS: SRS provides long-term tumor control with a 15.3% risk of hypopituitarism at 10 years.
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- hypofyzární hormony MeSH
- hypopituitarismus * komplikace chirurgie MeSH
- lidé středního věku MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- nádory hypofýzy * radioterapie chirurgie MeSH
- následné studie MeSH
- radiochirurgie * metody MeSH
- retrospektivní studie MeSH
- výsledek terapie MeSH
- Check Tag
- lidé středního věku MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- mužské pohlaví MeSH
- ženské pohlaví MeSH
- Publikační typ
- časopisecké články MeSH
- multicentrická studie MeSH
