Awareness of the possibility of pituitary pathology and apoplexy in the absence of a pre-established diagnosis of pituitary enlargement or tumor is important for identifying this small population ...

Pituitary apoplexy is a rare and life-threatening disorder often requiring emergency neurosurgical intervention to preserve vision and prevent cerebral herniation syndrome. Infarction or ...

Clinically nonfunctioning pituitary adenomas (NFAs) account for 14.7% of all pituitary adenomas. Since they are not associated with hormonal hypersecretion, most are recognized only when they put ...

At the Baylor Medicine Pituitary Center in Houston, Texas, we offer comprehensive and expert care for all pituitary-related disorders, including all tumors of the pituitary and sellar region.

Elevated serum prolactin levels can be a symptom of either prolactin-secreting tumors (macroprolactinomas) or nonfunctioning pituitary macroadenomas that disrupt the dopaminergic inhibition of ...