a small bean-shaped gland at the base of the brain, maintains multiple homeostatic functions including metabolism, growth and reproduction. Most pituitary tumors are adenomas that develop in the ...

The majority of pituitary gland conditions are attributed to growths or tumors in the pituitary gland. Hypopituitarism is a condition where the pituitary gland does not produce enough of one or ...

diseases or malformations of the pituitary gland can have serious implications. These include often asymptomatic pituitary tumors (adenomas), Cushing's syndrome (caused by excess steroid use), and ...

A review of the Johns Hopkins Hospital surgical records from 1896–1912 on a patient with hypopituitarism secondary to a suprasellar mass, in whom the first documented pituitary gland ...

with the exception of thyroid gland tumor. For example, about 25-30 cases of pleuropulmonary blastomas are reported every year in USA, and only 13 cases of pituitary blastomas have been reported as ...

The Pituitary Center offers: The pituitary gland lies at the base of the skull ... adenomas that may respond well to treatment with medicine that often can shrink the tumor and normalize hormone ...

Multiple endocrine neoplasia, type 1 (MEN-1), is a genetic disorder that affects the body's hormone-producing glands. MEN-1 can lead to tumors in the parathyroid, pancreas, and pituitary glands. These ...

Carney complex is a hereditary condition associated with spotty skin pigmentation, myxomas (benign or noncancerous connective tissue tumours), and benign or cancerous tumours of the endocrine glands ...

Both authors are Senior Scientists at the Ontario Cancer Institute ... of the transition from hyperplasia to adenoma in the pituitary gland; this seems at least in part to be caused by disruption ...