Abstract
Eight patients with pituitary Cushing's syndrome and 2 with Nelson's syndrome were followed from one to ten years after removal of pituitary adenomas. A detailed assessment of the pituitary-adrenal axis was obtained in all patients when last seen, save the first, who had undergone a complete hypophysectomy ten years previously. Longterm observations have shown sustained endocrine cure in 7 of 8 patients with pituitary Cushing's syndrome. One patient with Nelson's syndrome was also cured. There was no operative morbidity or mortality. There were no instances of diabetes insipidus. The longterm results in this study indicate that patients with pituitary Cushing's syndrome have a better than 90% chance of being cured after transsphenoidal removal of the pituitary (micro) adenomas. Current diagnostic and therapeutic concepts in the management of pituitary Cushing's syndrome are discussed in detail.
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