An enlarged pituitary gland doesn’t necessarily mean you have a tumor. It could be a sign of another condition or an immune reaction. The pituitary gland even enlarges naturally during pregnancy. Your ...

IN the differentiation of adrenal hyperplasia from adrenal neoplasm as the cause of Cushing's syndrome the size of the pituitary fossa may be a useful diagnostic aid. Previous studies have indicated ...

Nat Clin Pract Endocrinol Metab. 2006;2(4):220-230. Thyroid-hormone receptors (TRs) that bind DNA regulatory elements mediate thyroid hormone regulation. TRα mRNA mis-sense mutations, and an ...

The most common type of pituitary tumor is a gland cell tumor or adenoma. They may produce symptoms by pressing on the vital structures around them or by producing excessive amounts of one or more ...

For permission requests, please contact NEJM Reprints at [email protected] In spite of great progress in the knowledge of the chemistry and physiologic function of the pituitary hormones no truly ...

The development of the adenohypophysis is dependent on hormones for expansion of differentiated cell populations. Adenohypophysiotropic hormones that are produced by the hypothalamus and target organs ...