A pituitary adenoma is a tumor that occurs in the pituitary gland; most are benign, approximately 35 percent are invasive, and just 0.1 to 0.2 percent are carcinomas. Pituitary adenomas represent 10 to 25 percent of all intracranial neoplasms, with an estimated prevalence of about 17 percent in the general population, though clinically active cases requiring surgical intervention are far rarer, affecting roughly 1 in 1,000 people; most pituitary adenomas are microadenomas smaller than 10 millimeters.
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1. Wikipedia: Pituitary adenoma
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A pituitary adenoma is a tumor that occurs in the pituitary gland.
2. Wikipedia: ICD-10
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3. World Health Organization: Noncommunicable diseases (fact sheet)
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The main types of NCDs are cardiovascular diseases (such as heart attacks and stroke), cancers, chronic respiratory diseases (such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma) and diabetes.
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The main types of NCDs are cardiovascular diseases (such as heart attacks and stroke), cancers, chronic respiratory diseases (such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma) and diabetes.
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Transsphenoidal surgery is used to remove tumors of the pituitary gland. (Such tumours, although within the skull, are outside the brain itself).
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