Doctors can use radiologic findings from MRI or CT scans to diagnose craniopharyngioma. Craniopharyngioma is a benign, or noncancerous, tumor that grows on the pituitary gland. Often, people who ...

MRIs are an effective diagnostic tool for pituitary tumors. Although MRI scans can miss very small tumors, newer machines are better equipped to detect them. Most pituitary tumors are noncancerous, or ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A 63-year-old man was referred to the Massachusetts General Hospital Neuroendocrine & Pituitary Tumor Clinical ...

October 27, 2010 (Chicago, Illinois) — A pituitary anomaly on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can predict which children with optic nerve hypoplasia (ONH) also have hypopituitarism, an endocrine ...

Diabetes insipidus causes persistent thirst and frequent urination due to not having enough of the hormone vasopressin. Pituitary tumors and pituitary surgery are two potential causes. According to ...

Pituitary adenomas are the most common pituitary tumors. They’re usually noncancerous and grow slowly. Some rarer tumors, such as pituitary carcinoma, can spread quickly. Your pituitary gland is a ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Treatment with recombinant human growth hormone does not increase the risk for nonfunctioning pituitary adenoma ...

A 51 year-old man presented with severe nausea. While in the hospital, he was noted to have episodes of shaking of the arms and would not respond to verbal stimuli. An urgent head CT scan was ordered, ...

Prolactinomas are the most common hormone-secreting pituitary tumors, but their diagnosis and management can be challenging ...