A Puerto Rican woman aged 50 years presented to an ophthalmologist with complaints of vision changes, including difficulty seeing images in her peripheral vision in both eyes and difficulty in color ...

A 63-year-old man was referred to the Massachusetts General Hospital Neuroendocrine & Pituitary Tumor Clinical Center for management of a pituitary macroadenoma. He experienced increasingly severe ...

A 74-year-old patient had a nonfunctioning pituitary macroadenoma surgically removed via the transsphenoidal approach approximately 20 years ago. A recent MRI has shown recurrence with mild mass ...

A 47 year-old woman developed progressive headaches and difficulty with her vision. Neurological examination revealed a bitemporal hemianopsia. Pituitary Macroadenoma. T1-weighted coronal MRI. Note ...

Proper baseline workup should be initiated before referring patients with incidental pituitary adenomas to a specialist. The initial workup includes imaging, blood work to determine if the pituitary ...

With the widespread use of computed tomography and MRI, the incidental discovery of pituitary incidentalomas is increasing in frequency. The most common cause of a pituitary mass is a pituitary ...

Nonfunctioning pituitary adenomas represent one of the most common types of pituitary tumor, second only to prolactinomas. Nonfunctioning tumors are not associated with any form of hormonal ...

We are writing to provide information to supplement Usman Chaudry's1 reference to the option of “stereotactic gamma-knife radiosurgery” for follow-up of residual tumour in a patient with a ...

WASHINGTON, D.C., USA — North Carolina Congressman Greg Murphy (R, NC-03) announced on Tuesday he is having brain surgery. In a news release, Murphy revealed he has been diagnosed with a base of skull ...

It’s only the size of a pea, but the pituitary gland is so important it’s often called the body’s master gland. So when it doesn’t work right, big problems literally and figuratively arise. Jim ...

The diagnosis of pituitary apoplexy can be challenging, as its presentation can mimic other neurologic conditions. All patients with pituitary apoplexy should undergo immediate pituitary testing and ...