Marta Araujo-Castro, Betina Biagetti, Edelmiro Menéndez Torre, Iría Novoa-Testa, Fernando Cordido, Eider Pascual Corrales, Víctor Rodríguez Berrocal, Fernando Guerrero-Pérez, Almudena Vicente, Juan Carlos Percovich, Rogelio García Centeno, Laura González, María Dolores Ollero García, Ana Irigaray Echarri, María Dolores Moure Rodríguez, Cristina Novo-Rodríguez, María Calatayud, Rocío Villar, Ignacio Bernabéu, Cristina Alvarez-Escola, Pamela Benítez Valderrama, Carmen Tenorio-Jimenéz, Pablo Abellán Galiana, Eva Venegas Moreno, Inmaculada González Molero, Pedro Iglesias, Concepción Blanco, Fernando Vidal-Ostos De Lara, Paz de Miguel, Elena López Mezquita, Felicia Hanzu, Iban Aldecoa, Cristina Lamas, Silvia Aznar, Anna Aulinas, Anna Calabrese, Paola Gracia, José María Recio-Córdova, Mariola Aviles, Diego Asensio-Wandosel, Miguel Sampedro, Ignacio Ruz-Caracuel, Rosa Camara, Miguel Paja, Carmen Fajardo-Montañana, Mónica Marazuela, Manel Puig-Domingo
PURPOSE: To evaluate differences in clinical presentation and in surgical outcomes between growth hormone-secreting pituitary adenomas (GH-PAs) and GH and prolactin co-secreting pituitary adenomas (GH&PRL-PAs). METHODS: Multicenter retrospective study of 604 patients with acromegaly submitted to pituitary surgery. Patients were classified into two groups according to serum PRL levels at diagnosis and immunohistochemistry (IHC) for PRL: a) GH&PRL-PAs when PRL levels were above the upper limit of normal and IHC for GH and PRL was positive or PRL levels were >100ng/and PRL IHC was not available (n=130) and b) GH-PAs who did not meet the previously mentioned criteria (n=474)...
March 4, 2024: Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism