May 2020 Highlights Research Articles
Knowledge is power and we believe keeping abreast of news on the research front is imperative. Each month in Highlights we feature a few of the top news stories, which you can read below. In addition, we update our website on a regular basis with the latest breaking news related to pituitary and hormonal disorders by gathering stories we think you'll be interested in from MD Linx, Medscape, MedPage Today, PubMed, Touch Endocrinology, News-Medical.net and WebMD.
COVID and the Pituitary
COVID-19 and the endocrine system: exploring the unexplored.
Pal R, Banerjee M.
Endocrinology in the time of COVID-19: Management of pituitary tumours.
Fleseriu M, Karavitaki N, Dekkers OM.
Note: Dr. Fleseriu is a member of the PNA.
Pituitary Surgery
Shen Z, Xie Y, Shang X, Xiong G, Chen S, Yao Y, Pan Z, Pan H, Dong X, Li Y, Guo C, Wang FY.
Kang R, Jeong JS, Ko JS, Lee SY, Lee JH, Choi SJ, Cha S, Lee JJ.
Cottonoid Sliders: A Simple and Cost-Effective Tool for Retractorless Intracranial Surgery.
Shao J, Borghei-Razavi H, Kshettry VR, Lim M, Recinos PF.
Shen M, Chen Z, Shou X, Ma Z, Ye Z, He W, Zhang Y, Qiao N, Zhang Q, Shen Y, Zhang K, Zhou X, Cao X, Zhao Y, Li S, Wang Y.
Zhang J, Ding C, Gu J, Wu J, Zhu B, Li J, Chen Z, Wange S.
Acromegaly
Potential markers of disease behavior in acromegaly and gigantism.
Hernández-Ramírez LC.
Acromegaly in preadolescence: A case report of a 9-year-old boy with acromegaly.
Mbadugha T, Ogiwara T, Nagm A, Hasegawa T, Kamiya K, Matsumoto Y, Kobayashi M, Hongo K.
Hypogonadism
Why Do We Need New Markers For Male Hypogonadism and How Seminal Proteomics Might Solve The Problem?
Grande G, Milardi D, Baroni S, Urbani A, Pontecorvi A.
Pituitary Tumors
The epidemiology of aggressive pituitary tumors (and its challenges).
Dekkers OM, Karavitaki N, Pereira AM.
Rotman LE, Alford EN, Davis MC, Vaughan TB, Woodworth BA, Riley KO.
Predicting prolonged length of stay after endoscopic transsphenoidal surgery for pituitary adenoma.
Vimawala S, Chitguppi C, Reilly E, Fastenberg JH, Garzon-Muvdi T, Farrell C, Rabinowitz MR, Rosen MR, Evans J, Nyquist GG.
Primary sellar neuroblastoma mimicking invasive pituitary adenoma: a systematic review.
Rahman A, Ahmed N, Baniya P, Scalia G, Umana GE, Chaurasia B.
Zhou Y, Fu X, Zheng Z, Ren Y, Zheng Z, Zhang B, Yuan M, Duan J, Li M, Hong T, Lu G, Zhou D.
Pituitary Blastoma in a 19-Year-Old Woman: A Case Report and Review of Literature.
Chhuon Y, Weon YC, Park G, Kim M, Park JB, Park SK.
Hormonal Health
A novel SEMA3G mutation in two siblings affected by syndromic GnRH deficiency.
Oleari R, Andrè V, Lettieri A, Tahir S, Roth L, Paganoni A, Eberini I, Parravicini C, Scagliotti V, Cotellessa L, Bedogni F, De Martini LB, Corridori MV, Gulli S, Augustin HG, Gaston-Massuet C, Hussain K, Cariboni A.
MEN-1
Health-related quality of life in patients with Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia type 1.
van Leeuwaarde RS, Pieterman CRC, May AM, Dekkers OM, van der Horst-Schrivers ANA, Hermus AR, de Herder W, Drent ML, Bisschop PH, Havekes B, Vriens MR, Valk GD.
Cushing’s Disease
Toro MDC, Serrano TLI, Marson FAL, Chone CT, Dal Fabbro M, Sakano E, Sampaio MH.