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Table 1 Patient's and treatment characteristics

From: Adjuvant or radical fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy for patients with pituitary functional and nonfunctional macroadenoma

 

No. of patients (%)

Type of PMA

 

   Functional

10 (37.0)

   Non-functional

17 (63.0)

Prior surgery

 

   None

1 (3.7)

   One

23 (85.2)

   Two

3 (11.1)

Type of surgery

 

   TSH

 

   one

23 (85.2)

   Two

1 (3.7)

   Craniotomy and TSH

2 (7.4)

Prior radiotherapy

0 (0.0)

Visual field defect

 

   No

17 (63.0)

   Yes

10 (37.0)

Visual tract and PMA

 

   PMA not abutting visual tract

15 (55.6)

   PMA abutting visual tract

3 (11.1)

   PMA compressing visual tract

9 (33.3)

Endocrine function

 

   Normal

9 (33.3)

   Partial anterior pituitary deficiency

18 (66.7)

   Complete anterior pituitary deficiency

0 (0.0)

  1. PMA, Pituitary macroadenoma; TSH, transsphenoidal hypophyectomy.