Strikingly low prevalence of pituitary incidentalomas in a teaching hospital in Uruguay
BackgroundPituitary incidentalomas are an occurrence documented in 10.6% of post-mortem examinations, 4%–20% of computed tomography (CT) scans, and 10%–38% of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) cases, primarily consisting of microincidentalomas (<1 cm in size). However, the prevalence of pituit...
Main Authors: | Maria M. Pineyro, Natalia Sosa, Florencia Rivero, Diego Tripodi, Matias Negrotto, Ramiro Lima |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2023-09-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Endocrinology |
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Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fendo.2023.1254180/full |
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