MeSH Review:
Pituitary Irradiation
- Long-term treatment of 189 acromegalic patients with the somatostatin analog octreotide. Results of the International Multicenter Acromegaly Study Group. Vance, M.L., Harris, A.G. Arch. Intern. Med. (1991)
- Complete remission of Nelson's syndrome after 1-year treatment with cabergoline. Pivonello, R., Faggiano, A., Di Salle, F., Filippella, M., Lombardi, G., Colao, A. J. Endocrinol. Invest. (1999)
- Pregnancy in a case of Nelson's syndrome. Leiba, S., Kaufman, H., Winkelsberg, G., Bahary, C.M. Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica. (1978)
- Repeat pituitary ablation for advanced prostatic cancer. Khan, O., Allen, J., Williams, G., Mashiter, K., Joplin, G.F. Postgraduate medical journal. (1985)
- Acromegaly: unravelling a complex disease. O'Halloran, D.J., Shalet, S.M. Growth Regul. (1995)
- Reduction of pituitary-tumour size in patients with prolactinomas and acromegaly treated with bromocriptine with or without radiotherapy. Wass, J.A., Moult, P.J., Thorner, M.O., Dacie, J.E., Charlesworth, M., Jones, A.E., Besser, G.M. Lancet (1979)
- Sustained remission of Cushing's disease with mitotane and pituitary irradiation. Schteingart, D.E., Tsao, H.S., Taylor, C.I., McKenzie, A., Victoria, R., Therrien, B.A. Ann. Intern. Med. (1980)
- Diagnosis and management of Cushing's syndrome: results of an Italian multicentre study. Study Group of the Italian Society of Endocrinology on the Pathophysiology of the Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis. Invitti, C., Pecori Giraldi, F., de Martin, M., Cavagnini, F. J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab. (1999)
- Different responses of growth hormone secretion to guanfacine, bromocriptine, and thyrotropin-releasing hormone in acromegalic patients with pure growth hormone (GH)-containing and mixed GH/prolactin-containing pituitary adenomas. Lamberts, S.W., Klijn, J.G., van Vroonhoven, C.C., Stefanko, S.Z. J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab. (1985)
- Usefulness of the desmopressin test in the postoperative evaluation of patients with Cushing's disease. Colombo, P., Dall'Asta, C., Barbetta, L., Re, T., Passini, E., Faglia, G., Ambrosi, B. Eur. J. Endocrinol. (2000)
- Longterm pergolide treatment of acromegaly. Kendall-Taylor, P., Upstill-Goddard, G., Cook, D. Clin. Endocrinol. (Oxf) (1983)
- Long-term follow-up of low-dose external pituitary irradiation for Cushing's disease. Littley, M.D., Shalet, S.M., Beardwell, C.G., Ahmed, S.R., Sutton, M.L. Clin. Endocrinol. (Oxf) (1990)
- Bromocriptine suppression of plasma growth hormone in acromegaly. Dunn, P.J., Donald, R.A., Espiner, E.A. Clin. Endocrinol. (Oxf) (1977)
- Recurrent Cushing's disease: successful treatment by pituitary irradiation or trans-sphenoidal hypophysectomy in two cases. Caplan, R.H., Annis, B.L. Neurosurgery (1980)
- The continued importance of adrenalectomy in the treatment of Cushing's disease. Prinz, R.A., Brooks, M.H., Lawrence, A.M., Paloyan, E. Archives of surgery (Chicago, Ill. : 1960) (1979)
- Acromegaly from ectopic growth hormone-releasing hormone secretion by a malignant carcinoid tumor. Successful treatment with long-acting somatostatin analogue SMS 201-995. Barkan, A.L., Shenker, Y., Grekin, R.J., Vale, W.W. Cancer (1988)
- Successful treatment of Cushing's disease with o,p'-DDD followed by pituitary irradiation in a 19-year-old male patient. Dickerman, Z., Kaufman, H., Laron, Z. Isr. J. Med. Sci. (1979)
- Pituitary hormone responses to hypothalamic releasing hormones in acromegaly. Cantalamessa, L., Reschini, E., Catania, A., Giustina, G. Acta Endocrinol. (1976)
- Poor responses to a test dose of subcutaneous octreotide predict the need for adjuvant therapy to achieve 'safe' growth hormone levels. Lindsay, J.R., McConnell, E.M., Hunter, S.J., McCance, D.R., Sheridan, B., Atkinson, A.B. Pituitary (2004)
- Sustained improvement in vision in a recurrent growth hormone secreting macroadenoma during treatment with octreotide in the absence of marked tumour shrinkage. Lindsay, J.R., Harding, J.A., Ellis, P.K., Sheridan, B., Atkinson, A.B. Pituitary (2003)
- Comparison of preoperative and postoperative ACTH concentrations after bilateral adrenalectomy in Cushing's disease. Barnett, A.H., Livesey, J.H., Friday, K., Donald, R.A., Espiner, E.A. Clin. Endocrinol. (Oxf) (1983)
- Discordant serum alpha-subunit and FSH concentrations in a woman with a pituitary tumour. Chapman, A.J., MacFarlane, I.A., Shalet, S.M., Beardwell, C.G., Dutton, J., Sutton, M.L. Clin. Endocrinol. (Oxf) (1984)
- Experience with pegvisomant in the treatment of acromegaly. Drake, W.M. Growth Horm. IGF Res. (2001)