Pituitary Tumors

<p>I. Preclinical essentials<br>1. Physiology of pituitary hormones<br>2. Principles of laboratory investigation for pituitary hormones<br>3. Pathophysiology and genetics in pituitary tumors<br>4. Pathophysiology and genetics in craniopharyngioma<br>5. Anatomy of the pituitary region</p> <p>II. Neuroradiological and ophthalmological diagnosis in pituitary tumors<br>6. Morphological imaging including imaging anatomy<br>7. Functional imaging<br>8. Neuroophthalmological diagnosis</p> <p>III. Endocrinological diagnosis and replacement therapy for hypopituitarism and diabetes insipidus in pituitary tumors<br>9. Endocrinological diagnosis and replacement therapy for hypopituitarism<br>10. Endocrinological diagnosis and replacement therapy for diabetes insipidus<br>11. The role of nurses in supporting selfmanagement for patients with hypopituitarism</p> <p>IV. Endocrinological diagnosis and medical treatment in functioning pituitary adenomas<br>12. Prolactinomas: Diagnosis and medical treatment<br>13. Endocrinological diagnosis in acromegaly<br>14. Medical treatment in acromegaly<br>15. The diagnosis of Cushing’s disease<br>16. Medical management of Cushing’s disease<br>17. Endocrinological diagnosis and treatment</p> <p>V. Surgical treatment of pituitary tumors<br>18. Microscopic transsphenoidal surgery<br>19. Endoscopic transsphenoidal surgery: Including a brief history of transsphenoidal surgery<br>20. Risks of transsphenoidal surgery<br>21. Ophthalmologic outcome of transsphenoidal surgery<br>22. Endocrinological outcome of transsphenoidal surgery in pituitary adenomas<br>23. Extended transsphenoidal surgery<br>24. Transcranial surgery<br>25. Video presentations of pituitary surgery</p> <p>VI. Histo-pathological classification of pituitary tumors<br>26. Pathology of pituitary adenoma<br>27. Pathology of nonadenomatous pituitary tumors and tumor-like lesions</p> <p>VII. Perioperative and postoperative management in patients with pituitary adenomas<br>28. Perioperative neurosurgical management<br>29. Perioperative endocrinological management in patients with pituitary adenomas<br>30. Perioperative and postoperative nursing care<br>31. Postoperative endocrinological follow-up<br>32. Pituitary magnetic resonance imaging use in the posttreatment follow-up of secreting pituitary adenomas</p> <p>VIII. Radiotherapy for pituitary adenomas<br>33. Fractionated radiotherapy for pituitary adenomas<br>34. Pituitary adenomas: Radiosurgery</p> <p>IX. Aggressive pituitary adenomas and carcinomas<br>35. Management of aggressive pituitary tumors<br>36. Medical treatment of aggressive pituitary tumors</p> <p>X. Diagnosis, treatment and outcome in nonfunctioning pituitary tumors and lesions<br>37. Clinically nonfunctioning pituitary tumors<br>38. Childhood-onset craniopharyngiomas<br>39. Adult craniopharyngiomas<br>40. Rathke’s cleft cysts and arachnoid cysts<br>41. Perisellar solid tumors<br>42. Inflammatory pituitary lesions<br>43. Vascular lesions and aneurysms</p> <p>XI. Diagnosis and treatment of co-morbidities in pituitary tumors<br>44. Psychiatric disorders<br>45. Metabolic disorders<br>46. Osteoporosis and arthropathy in functioning pituitary tumors</p> <p>XII. Special issues<br>47. Pituitary incidentaloma<br>48. Pituitary apoplexy<br>49. Management of pituitary tumors in pregnancy<br>50. Quality of life in pituitary tumors<br>51. Multidisciplinary team perspective: A model of care for patients with pituitary tumors</p> <p><br> </p>