Pituitary adenoma. Preoperative symptomatology in a series of 260 patients.

Abstract

Recently a series of 260 patients with pituitary adenoma selected for combined surgery and radio- therapy because of failing vision has been studied. Both the effect of treatment on vision (Elkington and McKissock, 1967) and the subsequent endocrine function (Elkington, Buckell, Monamy, and Jenkins, 1967) have been described elsewhere. The present communication reports the pre-operative symptomatology in these patients and suggests how early diagnosis of pituitary adenoma, necessary if the best results are to be obtained from treatment, may be made on clinical grounds.