Table 1.
Preoperative characteristics of 63 patients treated for a giant pituitary adenoma.
| All patients N = 63 | |
|---|---|
| Age, years | 54.4 (19.2-79.3) |
| Sex | |
| Female Male |
23 (37%) 40 (63%) |
| Tumoral Symptoms | 59 (94%) |
| Visual symptoms | 56 (89%) |
| Cavernous sinus symptoms | 3 (5%) |
| Cognitive symptoms | 4 (6%) |
| Pituitary Deficiency | 42 (67%) |
| One axis | 13 (21%) |
| Two axes | 10 (16%) |
| Panhypopituitarism | 19 (30%) |
| Hormonoe Excess | 14 (22%) |
| Corticotroph hypersecretion | 2 (3%) |
| Somatotroph hypersecretion | 7 (11%) |
| Mixed GH-PRL hypersecretion | 1 (2%) |
| Lactotroph hypersecretion | 4 (6%) |
| MRI aspect | |
| Maximum diameter | 46 (41-72) |
| Hydrocephalus | 4 (6%) |
| Invasiveness | 61 (97%) |
| Suprasellar extension | |
| No visual pathways compression | 7 (11%) |
| Visual pathwaus compression | 56 (89%) |
| Infrasellar extension | 34 (54%) |
| Posterior extension | 7 (11%) |
| Encasement of a cerebral artery | 22 (35%) |
| Sphenoid arch aspect | 4 (6%) |
| Extension through the roof top of a cavernous sinus | 12 (19%) |
| T2 hypothalamic hyperintensity | 5 (8%) |
| Suprasellar extension with “narrow neck” aspect | 12 (19%) |
Quantitative variables are expressed in median (range); qualitative variables are expressed in absolute numbers (proportion).
In the bold value of the heading, the data are expressed in absolute numbers (N).