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 adenomas12. 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 tumors18. 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 carcinomas35. 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