A pituitary tumor is an irregular mass on your pituitary gland (the small gland inside your skull that regulates hormones). A tumor that grows can press on your pituitary gland and change your hormone ...

For many of us, the idea of receiving a pituitary tumor diagnosis can spark worry and fear. However, this diagnosis is not as scary as it sounds—and it is highly manageable with minimally invasive ...

Located just beneath the brain, the pituitary gland is sometimes called “the master gland” because it regulates most of the hormones in the body. Approximately 20 percent of people have some sort of ...

A recent study found that tumors of the pituitary gland are more common than many health care professionals realize, with national prevalence rates averaging 16.7 percent. To neurosurgeon Dr. Gail ...

A pituitary adenoma is a benign tumor in the front part of the pituitary gland. Doctors categorize these tumors by size, with the smallest type called pituitary microadenoma. Pituitary adenomas are ...

THE association of adrenal hyperplasia with basophil tumors of the pituitary gland was first suggested by Cushing. 1 This type of tumor has since been thought to be at least one cause of Cushing's ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A 45-year-old Asian woman was referred for the evaluation of a pituitary mass. The patient was well, with no ...

For Elizabeth Elwell, the self-described healthy horse of her family, the problems started one morning last August, when she woke with swelling and severe pain on the left side of her abdomen. Her ...

Figure 2: Early estrogen-induction and concordant expression of pituitary bFGF, PTTG and VEGF. Figure 3: Regulation of pttg in vitro by estrogen and bFGF. Ovariectomized Fischer 344 rats 140–150 g in ...

'At the time, I was 17 years old, so my parents didn't have much to say on the matter and I was really lost about where to go next in life.' An undiscovered pituitary gland tumor has turned a woman ...