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If you develop diabetes insipidus from a pituitary tumor, would it often be best to then remove the tumor or to just manage it?
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Complex: Decision on whether to perform surgery depends on many factors, cannot be stated on this limited platform, more over , this is looks like a hypothetical question, every real case is different
Answered 10/17/2018
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