Sporadic pituitary tumours: from epidemiology to use of databases
RN Clayton - Best Practice & Research Clinical Endocrinology & …, 1999 - Elsevier
Pituitary tumours account for 10% of intracranial neoplasms and have an annual incidence
of about 25 per million head of population. Prolactinomas and non-functioning tumours are
the most common subtypes clinically, as well as in surgical and histopathological series. In
pre-pubertal children, corticotrophinomas, although rare, are the most common subtype,
prolactinomas being most common in adolescents. In autopsy series, 11% of pituitaries
harbour an adenoma. These are usually small (less than 10mm in diameter), and where …
of about 25 per million head of population. Prolactinomas and non-functioning tumours are
the most common subtypes clinically, as well as in surgical and histopathological series. In
pre-pubertal children, corticotrophinomas, although rare, are the most common subtype,
prolactinomas being most common in adolescents. In autopsy series, 11% of pituitaries
harbour an adenoma. These are usually small (less than 10mm in diameter), and where …