I. Preclinical essentials 1. Physiology of pituitary hormones 2. Principles of laboratory investigation for pituitary hormones 3. Pathophysiology and genetics in pituitary tumors 4. Pathophysiology and genetics in craniopharyngioma 5. Anatomy of the pituitary region
II. Neuroradiological and ophthalmological diagnosis in pituitary tumors 6. Morphological imaging including imaging anatomy 7. Functional imaging 8. Neuroophthalmological diagnosis
III. Endocrinological diagnosis and replacement therapy for hypopituitarism and diabetes insipidus in pituitary tumors 9. Endocrinological diagnosis and replacement therapy for hypopituitarism 10. Endocrinological diagnosis and replacement therapy for diabetes insipidus 11. The role of nurses in supporting selfmanagement for patients with hypopituitarism
IV. Endocrinological diagnosis and medical treatment in functioning pituitary adenomas 12. Prolactinomas: Diagnosis and medical treatment 13. Endocrinological diagnosis in acromegaly 14. Medical treatment in acromegaly 15. The diagnosis of Cushing's disease 16. Medical management of Cushing's disease 17. Endocrinological diagnosis and treatment
V. Surgical treatment of pituitary tumors 18. Microscopic transsphenoidal surgery 19. Endoscopic transsphenoidal surgery: Including a brief history of transsphenoidal surgery 20. Risks of transsphenoidal surgery 21. Ophthalmologic outcome of transsphenoidal surgery 22. Endocrinological outcome of transsphenoidal surgery in pituitary adenomas 23. Extended transsphenoidal surgery 24. Transcranial surgery 25. Video presentations of pituitary surgery
VI. Histo-pathological classification of pituitary tumors 26. Pathology of pituitary adenoma 27. Pathology of nonadenomatous pituitary tumors and tumor-like lesions
VII. Perioperative and postoperative management in patients with pituitary adenomas 28. Perioperative neurosurgical management 29. Perioperative endocrinological management in patients with pituitary adenomas 30. Perioperative and postoperative nursing care 31. Postoperative endocrinological follow-up 32. Pituitary magnetic resonance imaging use in the posttreatment follow-up of secreting pituitary adenomas
VIII. Radiotherapy for pituitary adenomas 33. Fractionated radiotherapy for pituitary adenomas 34. Pituitary adenomas: Radiosurgery
IX. Aggressive pituitary adenomas and carcinomas 35. Management of aggressive pituitary tumors 36. Medical treatment of aggressive pituitary tumors
X. Diagnosis, treatment and outcome in nonfunctioning pituitary tumors and lesions 37. Clinically nonfunctioning pituitary tumors 38. Childhood-onset craniopharyngiomas 39. Adult craniopharyngiomas 40. Rathke's cleft cysts and arachnoid cysts 41. Perisellar solid tumors 42. Inflammatory pituitary lesions 43. Vascular lesions and aneurysms
XI. Diagnosis and treatment of co-morbidities in pituitary tumors 44. Psychiatric disorders 45. Metabolic disorders 46. Osteoporosis and arthropathy in functioning pituitary tumors
XII. Special issues 47. Pituitary incidentaloma 48. Pituitary apoplexy 49. Management of pituitary tumors in pregnancy 50. Quality of life in pituitary tumors 51. Multidisciplinary team perspective: A model of care for patients with pituitary tumors
