Table 3.

Management options/strategies and rationales (indications) for each choices.

Management option/Strategy	Rationale/Indications
Conservative (no treatment)	Microadenomas, no pressure effects, low probability of tumour growth over time
Surgery	Pituitary surgery has been the treatment of choice for NFPAs
Medical therapy	Total resection of tumour was not possible leaving ample room for medical therapy
Radiotherapy	Symptomatic patients with incomplete resection or recurrence of tumour after surgery should be managed with second surgery and/or radiotherapy

Abbreviation: NFPAs, non-functioning pituitary adenomas.