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Background Pituitary adenoma (PA) is the second most common brain tumor. Except for prolactinoma, pituitary tumors associated with acromegaly (growth hormone-secreting) and Cushing’s disease (adrenocorticotropic hormone-secreting) as well as
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patients with a previous diagnosis of Cushing’s disease, acromegaly and craniopharyngioma because these conditions are known to affect body composition, cardiovascular risk factors and quality of life. For similar reasons of confounding bias, females
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of cortisol, lower activation of MR. While chronically elevated cortisol in Cushing’s disease may also lead to psychiatric complaints, next to the strongly activated GR, the reduced MR activity caused by synthetic glucocorticoids might contribute to