Milan Vrkljan, Martina Matovinović, Andreja Marić, Marijo Bekić, Tajana Zah, Josip Resetić, Branka Vizner, Hrvoje Ivan Pećina, Vatroslav Cerina, Zivko Gnjidić
Pituitary tumors are rare tumors (less then 10%) of the central nervous system (CNS), which malignicity depends on their localization, meanwhile, their biological nature is benign. The diameter they have is mostly less then 10 mm (microadenomas), but sometimes could be 10 mm (macroadenomas) to 5 cm and more and then are usually nonfunctional (about 20% of all pituitary tumors). Clinical presence depends on their localisation and hormonal activity. In the Center for Clinical Neuroendocrinology and Pituitary Diseases, in the last working 10 years, there were treated and examined 504 patients from Croatia, all with pituitary tumors: 182 patients with prolactinomas, 137 with acromegaly, 70 with Morbus Cushing (Mb...
March 2006: Collegium Antropologicum