Differences between GH and PRL co-secreting and GH-secreting pituitary adenomas. A series of 604 cases

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PURPOSE: To evaluate differences in clinical presentation and in surgical outcomes between growth hormone-secreting pituitary adenomas (GH-PAs) and GH and prolactin co-secreting pituitary adenomas (GH&PRL-PAs).

METHODS: Multicenter retrospective study of 604 patients with acromegaly submitted to pituitary surgery. Patients were classified into two groups according to serum PRL levels at diagnosis and immunohistochemistry (IHC) for PRL: a) GH&PRL-PAs when PRL levels were above the upper limit of normal and IHC for GH and PRL was positive or PRL levels were >100ng/and PRL IHC was not available (n=130) and b) GH-PAs who did not meet the previously mentioned criteria (n=474).

RESULTS: GH&PRL-PAs represented 21.5% (n=130) of patients with acromegaly. The mean age at diagnosis was lower in GH&PRL-PAs than in GH-PAs (P<0.001). GH&PRL-PAs were more frequently macroadenomas (90.6% vs. 77.4%, P=0.001) and tended to be more invasive (33.6% vs. 24.7%, P=0.057) than GH-PAs. Furthermore, they had presurgical hypopituitarism more frequently (OR 2.8, 95% CI 1.83-4.38). IGF-1 upper limit of normality (ULN) levels at diagnosis were lower in patients with GH&PRL-PAs (median 2.4 [IQR 1.73-3.29] vs. 2.7 [IQR 1.91-3.67], P=0.023). There were no differences in the immediate (41.1% vs 43.3%, P=0.659) or long-term post-surgical acromegaly biochemical cure rate (53.5% vs. 53.1%, P=0.936) between groups. However, there was a higher incidence of permanent arginine-vasopressin deficiency (AVP-D) (7.3% vs. 2.4%, P=0.011) in GH&PRL-PAs patients.

CONCLUSIONS: GH&PRL-PAs are responsible for 20% of acromegaly cases. These tumors are more invasive, larger and cause hypopituitarism more frequently than GH-PAs and are diagnosed at an earlier age. The biochemical cure rate is similar between both groups, but patients with GH&PRL-PAs tend to develop permanent postsurgical AVP-D more frequently.

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CommentIn: J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2024 Apr 16;:. - PMID 38625822

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

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2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2024

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The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism - (2024) vom: 04. März

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Englisch

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Araujo-Castro, Marta [VerfasserIn]
Biagetti, Betina [VerfasserIn]
Menéndez Torre, Edelmiro [VerfasserIn]
Novoa-Testa, Iría [VerfasserIn]
Cordido, Fernando [VerfasserIn]
Pascual Corrales, Eider [VerfasserIn]
Rodríguez Berrocal, Víctor [VerfasserIn]
Guerrero-Pérez, Fernando [VerfasserIn]
Vicente, Almudena [VerfasserIn]
Percovich, Juan Carlos [VerfasserIn]
García Centeno, Rogelio [VerfasserIn]
González, Laura [VerfasserIn]
Ollero García, María Dolores [VerfasserIn]
Irigaray Echarri, Ana [VerfasserIn]
Moure Rodríguez, María Dolores [VerfasserIn]
Novo-Rodríguez, Cristina [VerfasserIn]
Calatayud, María [VerfasserIn]
Villar, Rocío [VerfasserIn]
Bernabéu, Ignacio [VerfasserIn]
Alvarez-Escola, Cristina [VerfasserIn]
Benítez Valderrama, Pamela [VerfasserIn]
Tenorio-Jimenéz, Carmen [VerfasserIn]
Abellán Galiana, Pablo [VerfasserIn]
Venegas Moreno, Eva [VerfasserIn]
González Molero, Inmaculada [VerfasserIn]
Iglesias, Pedro [VerfasserIn]
Blanco, Concepción [VerfasserIn]
Vidal-Ostos De Lara, Fernando [VerfasserIn]
de Miguel, Paz [VerfasserIn]
López Mezquita, Elena [VerfasserIn]
Hanzu, Felicia [VerfasserIn]
Aldecoa, Iban [VerfasserIn]
Lamas, Cristina [VerfasserIn]
Aznar, Silvia [VerfasserIn]
Aulinas, Anna [VerfasserIn]
Calabrese, Anna [VerfasserIn]
Gracia, Paola [VerfasserIn]
Recio-Córdova, José María [VerfasserIn]
Aviles, Mariola [VerfasserIn]
Asensio-Wandosel, Diego [VerfasserIn]
Sampedro, Miguel [VerfasserIn]
Ruz-Caracuel, Ignacio [VerfasserIn]
Camara, Rosa [VerfasserIn]
Paja, Miguel [VerfasserIn]
Fajardo-Montañana, Carmen [VerfasserIn]
Marazuela, Mónica [VerfasserIn]
Puig-Domingo, Manel [VerfasserIn]

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Acromegaly
Journal Article
Mixed tumors
Pituitary adenoma
Prolactin
Surgical remission

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Date Revised 16.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

CommentIn: J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2024 Apr 16;:. - PMID 38625822

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10.1210/clinem/dgae126

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NLM36926794X