Publications by authors named "Alair Augusto S M Damas dos Santos"
[Influence of hyperprolactinemia and tumoral size in the postoperative pituitary function in clinically nonfunctioning pituitary macroadenomas].
Ana Luiza Vidal Fonseca Leila Chimelli Mario José C Felippe Santos Alair Augusto S M Damas dos Santos Alice Helena Dutra Violante
Arq Neuropsiquiatr
September 2002
Objective: To study the influence of hyperprolactinemia and tumoral size in the pituitary function in clinically nonfunctioning pituitary macroadenomas.
Methods: Twenty three patients with clinically nonfunctioning pituitary macroadenomas were evaluated by image studies (computed tomography or magnetic resonance) and basal hormonal level; 16 had preoperative hypothalamus-hypophysial function tests (megatests). All tumors had histological diagnosis and in seventeen immunohistochemical study for adenohypophysial hormones was also performed.