October 27, 2010 (Chicago, Illinois) — A pituitary anomaly on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can predict which children with optic nerve hypoplasia (ONH) also have hypopituitarism, an endocrine ...

Pituitary gland disorders occur when the pituitary gland produces too little or too much of certain hormones. Some examples are Cushing’s disease, empty sella syndrome, and acromegaly. Pituitary gland ...

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 ...

Non-gonadal hypopituitarism is relatively common in patients with prolactinomas, especially in those with larger tumours, with tumour size predicting hormonal deficits at both diagnosis and recovery.

Conditions that affect the pituitary gland include acromegaly and gigantism, Cushing and empty sella syndromes, prolactinoma, and more. Noncancerous tumors most often cause conditions that affect your ...

The patient mentioned in a previous post came to see me for follow up as an outpatient. To review, he initially presented as an inpatient with hyponatremia due to central adrenal insufficiency. An MRI ...

Your endocrine system controls all of your hormones. It’s made up of many different glands, including the pituitary gland. The pituitary gland (including the anterior pituitary) plays a significant ...

Hypopituitarism is a rare disorder of the endocrine system, which is responsible for hormone production. The condition develops when the pituitary gland does not make enough hormones. Hypopituitarism ...

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See also practice article by Ramadhan and Tamilia on page 205 and at www.cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.1503/cmaj.110994 A 37-year-old woman with a 20-year history of primary ...