Comparison of patient-reported outcomes and clinical characteristics among patients with pituitary macroadenomas and giant adenomas

Jessa E Miller; Hye Rhyn Chung; Benjamin R Uy; Nikitha Kosaraju; Ryan M Shih; Myungjun Ko; Shannon R Esswein; Arash Abiri; Pooya Khosravi; Nolan Huck; Cecilia H Nguyen; Timothy Hsu; Michael G Kim; Frank P K Hsu; Won Kim; Jivianne K Lee; Jeffrey D Suh; Marvin Bergsneider; Edward C Kuan; Marilene B Wang

doi:10.1002/alr.23354

Comparison of patient-reported outcomes and clinical characteristics among patients with pituitary macroadenomas and giant adenomas

Int Forum Allergy Rhinol. 2024 Apr 22. doi: 10.1002/alr.23354. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Jessa E Miller¹, Hye Rhyn Chung², Benjamin R Uy³, Nikitha Kosaraju², Ryan M Shih², Myungjun Ko², Shannon R Esswein², Arash Abiri⁴, Pooya Khosravi⁴, Nolan Huck⁴, Cecilia H Nguyen⁴, Timothy Hsu⁴, Michael G Kim⁵, Frank P K Hsu⁵, Won Kim³, Jivianne K Lee¹, Jeffrey D Suh¹, Marvin Bergsneider³, Edward C Kuan⁶, Marilene B Wang¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Head and Neck Surgery, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA.
² David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA.
³ Department of Neurosurgery, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA.
⁴ Irvine School of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, California, USA.
⁵ Department of Neurosurgery, University of California, Irvine, California, USA.
⁶ Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of California, Irvine, California, USA.

PMID: 38646913
DOI: 10.1002/alr.23354

Abstract

Patients with giant adenomas are more likely to have tumor extension into the paranasal sinuses. Compared to macroadenomas, giant adenomas are not associated with worse preoperative SNOT-22 scores.

Keywords: SNOT‐22; anterior skull base; endoscopic skull base surgery; patient reported outcome measure.