Current Trends in Pathogenesis, Diagnosis and Prognosis of Inactive Pituitary Adenomas

Abstract

The paper presents an analysis of data from 138 sources in recent years. The study of factors of the development of inactive pituitary adenomas remains one of the most urgent problems of modern medicine. The development of various methods of instrumental and laboratory diagnostics of pituitary masses, as well as the achievement of genetics and molecular biology have significantly changed concepts of the etiology and pathogenesis and, consequently, the possibility of diagnosis, treatment and prevention of many diseases of the brain tumor.