The pituitary gland is a small gland that sits behind the bridge of the nose, beneath the brain. Tumors around this gland may cause various types of headaches, but they often cause pain in the ...

Pituitary tumors are atypical growths that develop in the pituitary gland. They are typically noncancerous. Doctors often use blood tests as a first step in diagnosing pituitary tumors. The pituitary ...

Your pituitary gland is located on the underside of your brain. It releases hormones that play a role in your body’s function. Hypopituitarism is when the gland does not release enough of one or more ...

Pituitary tumor surgery is the primary treatment for most types of tumors that grow on your pituitary gland. Treatment is often needed if the tumor is cancerous or if it’s large and disrupting your ...

An unexpected observation has led researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science to challenge a 200-year-old doctrine regarding the embryonic origins of the pituitary gland. Situated at the base of ...

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 ...

Incidental pituitary adenomas are often found on imaging studies or after abnormal endocrine hormone levels. A 35-year-old woman is seen in the outpatient clinic for evaluation of an incidental ...

Above and behind the mouth cavity, tucked into a cradle of bone at the base of the human brain, lies a reddish nugget of tissue, no bigger than a big pea in normal adults—the pituitary gland. Galen, ...

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 ...

When tumors develop in the pituitary gland, they are usually small, localized, slow-growing masses that start in one type of hormone-producing pituitary cells. Although these tumors almost always are ...

Researchers have successfully converted human pluripotent stem cells into purified pituitary cells that aggregated into hormone-secreting organoids. As reported June 8 in the journal Stem Cell Reports ...