He was started on steroid, thyroid and growth hormone replacement. MRI of the pituitary gland (figure 1) showed an atrophic pituitary gland, absent pituitary stalk and an ectopic posterior pituitary ...

These hormones control processes such as growth, metabolism, reproduction, and stress response. However, when a tumor ...

highly suggestive of multiple pituitary hormone deficiencies. This steered us towards hormonal replacement therapy as the main management plan. An MRI was performed to rule out possible anatomical ...

Follow up and optimisation of pituitary hormone replacement is also relatively straightforward, but management of visual impairment, reduced fertility, coarsened facial features, arthritis, obesity, ...

The pituicytes, a subtype of the astroglia—star-shaped cells of the nervous system—were known to facilitate the release of oxytocin and vasopressin hormones from the posterior pituitary lobe.

The Pituitary Center offers: The pituitary gland lies at the base of the skull, between the brain and the paranasal sinuses. From this location, it serves a critical link between the brain and the ...

Non-Functioning Pituitary Tumors are a heterogeneous group of tumors that arise from the hormone-producing cells of the adenohypophysis ... hypopituitarism with or without hyperprolactinemia due to ...

Medication (drug therapy) is very effective for treating some hormone-producing pituitary tumors. The medication can stop a tumor from producing excess hormones or shrink it so it does not press on ...

(1) The first phase of diabetes insipidus is initiated by a partial or complete pituitary stalk section, which severs the connections between the cell bodies of AVP-secreting neurons in the ...

3 had weight loss, pyrexia and night sweats. All had MRI scanning; 4 patients showed thickening of pituitary stalk and intense enhancement of the gland, one had a presumed macro-adenoma and another ...