Treatment Methods to Deal With Pituitary Adenoma

Though there are various treatment options availableuse.
to deal with pituitary adenoma, they are basically• Use of Dynamic MRI in pituitary adenomas - In
dependent on the type of the tumor and its size.the recent years, the dynamic MRI (magnetic
The most common and the effective treatmentresonance imaging) has emerged to be one of the
methods can be discussed below:strongest tools in assessing the presence of the
• Trans-sphenoidal neurosurgery or thepituitary one for both the micro-adenomas and the
stereotactic radio surgery is one of the most widelymacro-adenomas. The dynamic MRI efficiently
used treatments for the pituitary adenoma butanswers the important questions regarding the
sometimes it can be ineffective. The surgery aims topresence or absence of the tumor along with the
control the hormone hyper secretion and the size ofsize, number, place of origin i.e. its location and its
the tumor of this type of adenoma. The follow-upinvasive impact on the adjacent bodies and also the
results of the short term stereotactic radio surgerypost therapy status of the pituitary tumor.
indicate a risk of hypopituitarism, but it is still useful to• PET (Positron emission tomography) is also said
treat some conditions of this type of adenoma suchto give valuable information in the detection of the
as the acromegaly and the prolactinomas.pituitary adenoma tumor to check out for the tumor
• Radiotherapy for non-functioning adenomas -tissues, when coupled with carbon-11-methionine.
Sometimes, the postoperative radiotherapy (RT) isAccording to researchers, PET can be very effective
done in order to avoid the regrowth of the pituitaryin dealing with the adenomas and also the intracranial
adenoma tumor. The pituitary RT today is consideredtumors in the patients, if properly utilized.
to be less hazardous unlike in the earlier days of its