Although surgery is often the first line of treatment for pituitary adenomas, there are categories of functional adenomas that may respond well to treatment with medicine that often can shrink the ...

[1] Patients presenting with lesions abutting the optic chiasm should ... Without a biopsy, in the presence of a pituitary mass, typical clinical presentation and hypopituitarism, there are ...

Researchers reveal new insights on the growth of craniopharyngioma and identified a potential therapeutic treatment.

The most common type of treatment for pituitary tumors is surgery. The surgeon will go in through a nostril or an opening made below the upper lip to remove the tumor. When done correctly ...

The pituitary gland is the most important gland in the body. It produces hormones which control all of the other glands in the body. Pituitary adenomas are tiny lumps which grow within the pituitary ...

The most common cause of endogenous Cushing syndrome is a type of pituitary gland tumor called a pituitary adenoma. This type of tumor is typically slow-growing and benign. The most common cause ...

A University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) research team has been awarded a $3 million grant from the National ...

The MRI demonstrated a 9 × 8 × 8 cm sellar lesion with suprasellar extension and thickening of the pituitary stalk. He was treated with trans-sphenoidal surgery with a subtotal removal of the ...