2 Modern medicine: foundations, achievements, and limitations9 Chemical and physical injuries and environmental factors and disease13.4 The thyroid gland and disorders of thyroid function13.6 Parathyroid disorders and diseases altering calcium metabolism13.10 Pancreatic endocrine disorders and multiple endocrine neoplasia13.12 Hormonal manifestations of nonendocrine diseasePRINTED FROM OXFORD MEDICINE ONLINE (www.oxfordmedicine.com).
All rights reserved. Smaller tumors are called microadenomas. Public users are able to search the site and view the abstracts for each book and chapter without a subscription.If you have purchased a print title that contains an access token, please see the token for information about how to register your code.For questions on access or troubleshooting, please check our However, they can affect your health, possibly causing:A rare but potentially serious complication of a pituitary tumor is pituitary apoplexy, when sudden bleeding into the tumor occurs. Except where otherwise stated, drug dosages and recommendations are for the non-pregnant adult who is not breastfeeding.Treatment of acromegaly—combined treatment with somatostatin analogues and pegvisomant.The anterior pituitary gland produces growth hormone (GH), luteinizing hormone (LH), follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH), thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH), and prolactin. Some pituitary tumors can cause your pituitary gland to produce lower levels of hormones.Most pituitary tumors are noncancerous (benign) growths (adenomas). Signs and symptoms include:ACTH tumors produce the hormone adrenocorticotropin, which stimulates your adrenal glands to make the hormone cortisol. All rights reserved. 2014;80:863. Readers must therefore always check the product information and clinical procedures with the most up to date published product information and data sheets provided by the manufacturers and the most recent codes of conduct and safety regulations. Pituitary tumors treatment — for health professionals. 2 Modern medicine: foundations, achievements, and limitations9 Chemical and physical injuries and environmental factors and disease13.4 The thyroid gland and disorders of thyroid function13.6 Parathyroid disorders and diseases altering calcium metabolism13.10 Pancreatic endocrine disorders and multiple endocrine neoplasia13.12 Hormonal manifestations of nonendocrine diseasePRINTED FROM OXFORD MEDICINE ONLINE (www.oxfordmedicine.com). The authors and the publishers do not accept responsibility or legal liability for any errors in the text or for the misuse or misapplication of material in this work. Still, scientists suspect that genetic alterations play an important role in how pituitary tumors develop.People with a family history of certain hereditary conditions, such as multiple endocrine neoplasia, type 1 (MEN 1), have an increased risk of pituitary tumors. A newer edition of Oxford Textbook of Medicine is available. This title features a number of videos to further illustrate concepts and procedures.Oxford University Press makes no representation, express or implied, that the drug dosages in this book are correct.
Other common findings include brain malformations, esophageal atresia, cryptorchidism and/or micropenis in males, and hypogonadotropic hypogonadism and/or pituitary hypoplasia.
The anterior pituitary gland produces growth hormone (GH), luteinizing hormone (LH), follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH), thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH), and prolactin. Despite its small size, the gland influences nearly every part of your body. Overproduction or underproduction of a pituitary hormone will affect the respective end-organ. Excessive prolactin in the blood affects men and women differently.In men, a prolactin-producing tumor may cause male hypogonadism. Advertising revenue supports our not-for-profit mission.Check out these best-sellers and special offers on books and newsletters from Mayo Clinic.