Pituitary tumour (pituitary adenoma)
A type of brain tumour affecting the pituitary gland. Most are benign. One in ten brain tumours are pituitary tumours.
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Pituitary tumours
There are various types of tumour which arise from the different cells in the pituitary gland. They tend to be benign. However, the cells of the tumour may produce large quantities of hormones which can cause various symptoms.
Pituitary tumours
Benign adenomas of the pituitary gland
Around 80% of this group experience resolution of symptoms with treatment. Needs unlikely, recovery expected. Good long term prognosis.
Pituitary tumours - The pituitary gland is located in the brain and helps to regulate the activity of most other glands in the body, including the adrenal glands.
aspx"pituitary Tumour: Lump of cells, clearly distinguishable from its surroundings, often compressing and\/or displacing other organs\/structures.
Pituitary tumour - cancer of the pituitary gland, such as craniopharyngioma.
Acoustic neuroma or schwannoma - a type of benign tumour that grows in the canal connecting the brain to the inner ear.
Pituitary disease- A pituitary tumour or surgery or radiation to the pituitary can impair pituitary hormone production.
Some, such as meningiomas and pituitary tumours are usually (but not always) benign, which means they don't spread through the brain or elsewhere in the body - however they can still cause problems as they expand within the bony box of the skull, ...
In 1906, he demonstrated the relationship between pituitary tumours and sexual infantilism. In 1917, he published a classic, "The Pituitary Body and Its Disorders.
Pituitary tumour
Encephalitis
Eye injury
Eye artery obstruction - this cause and other causes are a medical emergency.
Retinal artery obstruction
Retinal vein obstruction
Eye blood vessel thrombosis
Temporal arteritis
Retinal detachment ...
Pituitary tumour
Plasma cell dyscrasia
Plasmacytoma
Pleomorphic undifferentiated sarcoma
Polyembryoma
Posterior urethral cancer
Precursor T-lymphoblastic lymphoma
Primary central nervous system lymphoma
Primary effusion lymphoma ...
Birth control pills
A noncancerous pituitary tumour (prolactinoma) or other disorder of the pituitary gland
An underactive thyroid (hypothyroidism)
Chronic kidney disease ...
For more information, read Brain Tumour UK's factsheets on meningiomas and pituitary tumours.
Mixed tumours
Mixed brain tumours are made up of two or more different types of tumour, sometimes of different grades.
Cushing's disease is generally treated by surgery to remove the pituitary tumour, and gives a cure rate of over 80 per cent.
suppression test - to differentiate whether the excess production of corticotrophins are from the pituitary gland or tumours elsewhere; corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) stimulation test - to differentiate whether the cause is a pituitary tumour ...
Kaltsas GA, Grossman AB: Malignant pituitary tumours. Pituitary 1 (1): 69-81, 1998.
Kovacs K, Horvath E: Pathology of pituitary tumors. Endocrinol Metab Clin North Am 16 (3): 529-51, 1987.
Thapar K, Scheithauer BW, Kovacs K, et al.
 See also: Cancer, Symptom, Surgery, Adenoma, Headache
  
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