[Therapeutic strategies in somatotroph adenomas with extrasellar extension: role of the medical approach, a consensus study of the French Acromegaly Registry].

Unlabelled: From the first 198 patient files included into the French Acromegaly Registry, we analyzed 68 patients harboring a somatotroph adenoma with extrasellar extension, after exclusion of those treated by stereotactic or conventional radiotherapy. In these patients (including 37 women), aged 21-77 yr. (45.