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ageing. Pituitary adenomas in the elderly have
frequent and severe repercussions on vision and
pituitary function as reported by others (Burrows et al.,
1997; Turner et al., 1999) notably in invasive lesions
as we observed.
5 Conclusion
Due to age related changes and comorbidities,
pituitary adenomas are usually diagnosed late in the
elderly at an advanced stage of visual loss and
pituitary damage. With improvements of life
expectancy these lesions will become more common,
so we shall make close attention to patient’s
complaints and not systematically attribute these
complaints to ageing in order to make an earlier
diagnosis and improve patient’s outcome.
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