Which of the following statements is true with respect to Cushing Disease?
A. Pituitary microadenomas are often small and deep within the gland itself
B. The treatment of choice for hypercortisolism due to a pituitary adenoma in women of childbearing age is transsphenoidal total hypophysectomy
C. Patients who fail to remit with both surgery and radiation to the pituitary require either medical or surgical adrenalectomy
D. The long-term recurrence rate after resection of an ACTH-producing pituitary microadenoma is approximately 40%
Answer:A
Which of the following statements is true with respect to Cushing Disease?
A. Pituitary microadenomas are often small and deep within the gland itself B. The treatment of choice for hypercortisolism due to a pituitary adenoma in women of childbearing age is transsphenoidal total hypophysectomy C. Patients who fail to remit with both surgery and radiation to the pituitary require either medical or surgical adrenalectomy D. The long-term recurrence rate after resection of an ACTH-producing pituitary microadenoma is approximately 40%