Kostas I. Lampropoulos, George Samonis, Panagiotis Nomikos
OBJECTIVE: Evaluation of factors influencing the outcome of microsurgical transsphenoidal surgery in patients harbouring pituitary adenomas as well as of the efficacy and safety of this procedure. DESIGN: A total of 184 consecutive patients with pituitary adenomas …
Olga Karapanou, Marinella Tzanela, Barbara Vlassopoulou, Christina Kanaka-Gantenbein
Differentiated thyroid cancer in childhood is rare. Apart from family history, radiation exposure is a major risk factor. Although its clinical course is quite aggressive with higher rates of lymph node and pulmonary metastases as compared to adults, the final outcome tends to be favorable with mortality rates less than 2% …