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Incidence of Pituitary Adenomas in Northern Finland in 1992–2007
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CONTEXT: Data on the incidence of pituitary adenomas (PAs) are scant and outdated. A population-based regional cohort with thorough case identification was used to evaluate the incidence of clinically detected PAs in the era of magnetic resonance imaging. OBJECTIVE: The objective of the study was to describe the age- and sex-specific incidence of all PA subgroups, with data on incidentally found PAs, pituitary apoplexies, and time trends. DESIGN, SETTINGS, AND PATIENTS: This was a retrospective descriptive analysis of PA patients diagnosed during 1992-2007 in Northern Finland (NFi). MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE: World Health Organization 2000-standardized incidence rates (SIRs) of PAs per 100,000 were measured. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: The final cohort consisted of 355 PAs. The incidence rates of the Oulu University Hospital regional district were used as a reference to assess the applicability of our case finding over the rest of NFi. Incidence rates of all PA subgroups except microprolactinomas were statistically equal between these areas; thus, all presented SIRs are based on the NFi's cohort except Oulu University Hospital regional district-based prolactinomas and PAs overall. Overall SIR of PAs was higher (4.0 per 100,000) than in previous reports. Prolactinomas had the highest SIR: 2.2 per 100,000, followed by clinically nonfunctioning PAs (1.0) and GH-secreting (0.34), ACTH-secreting (0.17), and TSH-secreting (0.03) PAs. The gender-specific SIR was 2.2 per 100,000 in males and 5.9 per 100,000 in females. Pituitary apoplexy occurred as a presenting symptom in 11% of clinically nonfunctioning PA patients. The SIR of incidentally discovered PAs increased significantly from 1992-1999 to 2000-2007 (0.59 to 1.6, respectively; P < 0.01), which accounted for the perceived increasing trend in the overall SIR of PAs (3.8 to 4.2; P > 0.05).
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- Raappana, A., Koivukangas, J., Ebeling, T., & Pirilä, T.
- Venue
- The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
- Publisher
- The Endocrine Society
- Published
- 2010-09
- Volume
- 95
- Issue
- 9
- Pages
- 4268-4275
- ISSN
- 0021-972X (ISSN-L)
- 1945-7197
- OpenAlex
- W2127400392
- Cited by
- 470
- References
- 20
- FWCI
- 8.15
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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