A pituitary tumor is an irregular mass on your pituitary gland (the small gland inside your skull that regulates hormones). A tumor that grows can press on your pituitary gland and change your hormone ...

It’s only the size of a pea, but the pituitary gland is so important it’s often called the body’s master gland. So when it doesn’t work right, big problems literally and figuratively arise.

The part of the pituitary gland where the tumor grows will determine its symptoms. But these only account for “functioning” tumors—that is, tumors that secrete too much or too little of a ...

A pituitary tumor headache can feel like an aching pain on one or both sides of the forehead. This can happen when the tumor affects your pituitary gland’s ability to produce and secrete ...

A pituitary tumor can lead to high blood pressure, high blood sugar, muscle fatigue and brain fog. If left untreated, it can lead to diabetes and heart attacks.

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Intriguingly, in vitro stem cell activation by IL-6 was discerned in organoid culture not only from young but also from aging pituitary, indicating that the aging gland’s stem cells retain ...

But the pituitary gland, of which Dr. Evans is the master, is only one of nine organs positively known to secrete hormones. Of these organs, the stomach, intestine and pancreas are not ”ductless ...

The tumor on the pituitary gland was pushing on Barnes' optic nerve, according to Daniel Prevedello, a neurosurgeon at Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, who removed Barnes’ tumor.

A curious physician bought his body for $2,500, dissected the head, found a pituitary gland almost as big as a hen’s egg. Modern endocrinologists regard it as the “master gland” of the body.

Pituitary basophilism, or Cushing's disease, first described by Harvey Cushing 20 in 1932, can now be explained on the basis of excessive hormonal secretion by the adrenal cortex. Cushing's early ...