Title
Prevalence, clinical presentation, management of pituitary tumour and its complications among elderly population in Mumbai, India
Authors
Kumar Abhinav1* & Uday B. Andar2
Affiliation
1Department of Neurosurgery, Lilavati Hospital and Research Centre, Mumbai, India; 2Department of Neurosurgery, BaiJerbai Wadia Hospital for Children, Mumbai, India;
Abhinav – E-mail:drkabhinav11@gmail.com; Phone: +91-9801377777
Uday B. Andar – E-mail:udayandar@gmail.com; Phone: +91-9820144021
Article Type
Research Article
Date
Received December 1, 2023; Revised December 31, 2023; Accepted December 31, 2023, Published December 31, 2023
Abstract
Pituitary tumour is not typically thought of as an elderly patient's condition. Hence, we examined all cases of confirmed or suspected pituitary tumour diagnosed in a tertiary hospitals at Mumbai, India during May 2015 and May 2023 among patients over the age of 70 to evaluate the prevalence, clinical presentation, management, complications in elderly patients with a pituitary tumour. After the age of 70 years, 16% people having pituitary tumour were observed. The volume of fossa was statistically greater in elderly patients. The duration of follow up was statistically longer in younger controls. The visual defects observed in elderly group were greater than young patients. Pituitary adenomas in old patients can be treated with trans-sphenoidal-adenomectomy. However, the proportion is lower than younger controls. Data shows that post-operative radiotherapy was more commonly observed in old patients with pituitary adenoma than younger controls.
Keywords
Pituitary tumours, clinical presentation, management, complications, elderly
Citation
Abhinav & Andar, Bioinformation 19(12): 1139-1144 (2023)
Edited by
P Kangueane
ISSN
0973-2063
Publisher
License
This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.
