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Abstract
Context: Pituitary Neuroendocrine Tumors are rare in children, but challenging, implying the two purposes to cure the child, and preserve pituitary function. In this paper, we describe our population of children who underwent endoscopic endonasal resection of a pituitary adenoma, in Lille University Hospital.
Patients and methods: Between 2007 and 2021, all children undergoing EEN surgery for pituitary adenoma were included. Age at surgery, surgical course, type of adenoma, knosp grade and extent of resection were collected.
Results: 26 patients were included. 88% were female. All adenomas were functioning. 15 patients had prolactine-secreting adenomas (58%), 9 patients had ACTH-secreting adenomas (35%) and 2 patients had GH-secreting adenomas (8%). Visual disturbance was present at diagnosis in 5 patients. Among them, visual function was improved after surgery in 4 patients and stable in one. Surgical course was always easy. 66% of prolactinomas, all Cushing disease were in remission after surgery. The two patients with acromegaly had to undergo complementary treatment. Follow up was maintained at least 5 years.
Discussion: Surgical treatment remain mainstay in pituitary adenomas. In the pediatric population, surgery can be performed safely and efficiently via en EEN approach.
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Neurochirurgie publishes articles on treatment, teaching and research, neurosurgery training and the professional aspects of our discipline, and also the history and progress of neurosurgery. It focuses on pathologies of the head, spine and central and peripheral nervous systems and their vascularization. All aspects of the specialty are dealt with: trauma, tumor, degenerative disease, infection, vascular pathology, and radiosurgery, and pediatrics. Transversal studies are also welcome: neuroanatomy, neurophysiology, neurology, neuropediatrics, psychiatry, neuropsychology, physical medicine and neurologic rehabilitation, neuro-anesthesia, neurologic intensive care, neuroradiology, functional exploration, neuropathology, neuro-ophthalmology, otoneurology, maxillofacial surgery, neuro-endocrinology and spine surgery. Technical and methodological aspects are also taken onboard: diagnostic and therapeutic techniques, methods for assessing results, epidemiology, surgical, interventional and radiological techniques, simulations and pathophysiological hypotheses, and educational tools. The editorial board may refuse submissions that fail to meet the journal''s aims and scope; such studies will not be peer-reviewed, and the editor in chief will promptly inform the corresponding author, so as not to delay submission to a more suitable journal.
With a view to attracting an international audience of both readers and writers, Neurochirurgie especially welcomes articles in English, and gives priority to original studies. Other kinds of article - reviews, case reports, technical notes and meta-analyses - are equally published.
Every year, a special edition is dedicated to the topic selected by the French Society of Neurosurgery for its annual report.