Diagnosis and Management of Endocrine-related Tumors.
General Material Designation
[Book]
First Statement of Responsibility
Santen, Richard J.; Manni, Andrea
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Springer Verlag
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2011
CONTENTS NOTE
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1. Approach to the pituitary tumor: anatomic, diagnostic and surgical considerations.- 2. Acromegaly.- 3. Prolactin secreting pituitary adenomas in women.- 4. Anterior-pituitary function before and after transsphenoidal micro-surgery for pituitary tumors.- 5. Medical treatment of thyroid carcinoma.- 6. The impact of needle biopsy on the diagnosis of the thyroid nodule.- 7. Endocrine neoplasms: carcinomas of the thyroid.- 8. Primary hyperparathyroidism: pathophysiology, differential diagnosis and management.- 9. Surgery of the parathyroid glands.- 10. Adrenocortical tumors.- 11. Diagnosis and treatment of `insulinoma'.- 12. Endocrine tumors of the gastroenteropancreatic axis.- 13. The diagnosis and treatment of gastrinoma and Zollinger-Ellison syndrome.- 14. The syndrome of multiple endocrine neoplasia type I.- 15. Endocrine neoplasms: pheochromocytoma.- 16. Controversies in the treatment of endocrine tumors: medical and surgical management of prolactinomas, acromegaly and thyroid cancer.