Health knowledge made personal
Please enter a search word or phrase.
The search word cannot have more than 100 characteres.
Pituitary Tumor - Articles
Approaches to Treating Pituitary Tumors
by
InternalMed ..
Posted
Sun 24 Aug 2008 1:49pm
ANNOUNCER: Acromegaly is a disease characterized by high levels of growth hormone in the body.
LAURENCE KATZNELSON, MD: Over 95 percent of cases of acromegaly are due to a tumor, which is a benign growth of the pituitary gland.
ANNOUNCER: The elevated levels of growth hormone in acromegaly lead to changes in soft tissues throughout the body ...
Read on »
Gail Rosseau, MD - Discusses Pituitary Tumors
by
NOHC
Posted
Mon 22 Jun 2009 1:26pm
Dr. Gail Rosseau, board-certified neurosurgeon and U.S. Surgeon General candidate, discusses the prevalence and most common symptoms related to pituitary tumors. Vision disturbances and symptoms related to the overproduction of hormones are two of the most serious symptoms which may require a surgical intervention. Surgery for pituitary tumors is p ...
Read on »
The young why menopause, beware of pituitary prolactin-secreting tumors
by
sweethouse
Posted
Tue 07 May 2013 7:05am
A 21-year-old female college student, 13-year-old open its population to menstruation, after five years of normal menstruation, menstrual cycle interval extension, and finally menopause, and the front of the head pain. She did not use contraceptives, and there is no sex, cheap christian louboutin outlet urine pregnancy test was negative. After ...
Read on »
Pituitary gland tumours
by
Dr. Anshu Gupta
Posted
Tue 02 Jun 2009 4:38pm
2 Comments
This information is about tumours of the pituitary gland. Although pituitary tumours are classified as brain tumours they have very few similarities to other types of brain tumour.
Much of our general information about brain tumours will not be appropriate for people with pituitary tumours, although you may still wish to read it.
...
Read on »
Pituitary adenomas in 500 words or less
by
pathologystudent
Posted
Thu 24 Mar 2011 11:47am
Pituitary adenomas are benign, glandular tumors of the pituitary gland. They are pretty common tumors (they account for about 10% of all intracranial neoplasms). Most are clinically silent for years, until they get big enough to cause endocrine abnormalities or mass effects.
Endocrine abnormalities occur when pituitary adenomas secr ...
Read on »
Risperdal and S100B: Prolactin, Tumors and Tardive Dyskinesia
by
Kim S.
Posted
Tue 01 May 2012 12:00am
By Teresa Conrick
With Autism numbers climbing, there are those who look to the profit margin of knowing thousands of children, teens and young adults may need medications to "target behavior." It is unfortunate and incorrect that Autism is still being looked at as a behavioral and developmental disability for many inste ...
Read on »
Seattle Pituitary Symposium on May 8th 2010
by
Kristin Wall
Posted
Mon 08 Mar 2010 11:06am
I wanted to let all of you know about the Pituitary Symposium being held in Seattle. I went to a similar symposium last year and found it to be incredibly insightful and had the opportunity to meet other Cushing’s patients & survivors.
If you plan to attend, please send me an email at kristinwalldesigns@gmail.com so we can plan to meet at t ...
Read on »
