account for 14.7% of all pituitary adenomas. Since they are not associated with hormonal hypersecretion, most are recognized only when they put pressure on surrounding tissues and cause headaches ...

Patients with acromegaly make too much growth hormone, which causes them to grow disproportionately large bones, organs and ...

It produces hormones which control all of the other glands in the body. Pituitary adenomas are tiny lumps which grow within the pituitary gland. These can cause problems by producing extra hormones, ...

The most common cause of a pituitary mass is a pituitary adenoma (90% of all pituitary masses); however, the differential diagnosis remains extensive. The challenge is to distinguish those that ...

The pituitary is directly under the optic nerve which transmits information from our eyes to our brains (Figure 1, Figure 2 and Figure 3). A pituitary adenoma can cause the gland to grow abnormally ...

Out of all tumors that develop in the skull, only fifteen percent are diagnosed as pituitary tumors. Get familiar with what can cause pituitary tumors now.

but it seems that hormone excess alone does not cause pituitary tumors Abnormal hormone receptor signaling contributes to dysfunctional responses to feedback inhibition; however, apart from one ...

At the Baylor Medicine Pituitary Center in Houston, Texas, we offer comprehensive and expert care for all pituitary-related disorders, including all tumors of the pituitary and sellar region.

Elevated serum prolactin levels can be a symptom of either prolactin-secreting tumors (macroprolactinomas) or nonfunctioning pituitary macroadenomas that disrupt the dopaminergic inhibition of ...

Mutations of the enzyme ubiquitin-specific protease 8 (USP8) in pituitary adenoma cause excess secretion of the adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) that stimulates cortisol production—the ...

This causes headache, vision loss ... or be lifelong Family history may increase likelihood for some types Pituitary tumors form and remain in the pituitary gland or surrounding tissues and ...

In a landmark review celebrating Dr. Seymour Reichlin's centennial, Professor Mark E. Molitch traces the remarkable evolution of pituitary tumor treatments from the foundational neuroendocrinology ...