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 ...

As a physician writer, I’m very hesitant to speculate about the medical problems of public figures. Famous or infamous, they deserve their privacy, and besides, medicine is so complicated that making ...

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 ...

Located at the base of the brain, nestled within the skull, lies a bean-shaped endocrine gland called the pituitary. It’s as small as a pea and just about as light – weighing only half a gram. But ...

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 ...

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 ...

As one of the most common intracranial tumors, pituitary tumor is associated with high morbidity. Effective therapy is currently not available for some pituitary tumors due to the largely undefined ...