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 ...

However, when a tumor develops in the pituitary gland, it can disrupt this delicate hormonal balance, leading to various ...

In 2014, Abimbola Craig underwent a major brain surgery that changed her outlook on life. Diagnosed with a Pituitary Tumor—a condition more formally known as Benign Neoplasm of the Pituitary Gland 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 ...

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 ...

Our bodies are regulated by hormones which are chemicals that allow communication between different cells and parts of the body. Endocrine glands release hormones into the bloodstream. Hormones ...

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 ...