Growth-hormone (GH)-producing or adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)-producing adenomas each account for 10-15% of pituitary adenomas. Adenomas producing thyrotropin (TSH) are rare. S Ezzat is a ...

Acromegaly is a hormonal disorder that arises from the excessive secretion of growth hormone (GH), typically due to a benign tumor on the pituitary gland known as a pituitary adenoma. This ...

Excess human growth hormone is usually caused by an otherwise benign tumor on the pituitary gland. An MRI found that Kohn had such a tumor: His scan found a nine-millimeter mass, nearly the same ...

These tumors secrete excess growth hormone, leading to abnormal hormone (ADH) production, leading to excessive thirst and ...

Pituitary adenomas are tiny lumps which grow within the pituitary gland. These can cause problems by producing extra hormones, for example growth hormone resulting in acromegaly, by preventing the ...

An acne breakout may be a sign of a rare type of cancer that disrupts hormone production in the body. Pituitary gland cancer ...

A newly discovered line of communication between body muscle and the pituitary gland may play an unexpected role in female ...

Background A 45-year-old man presented with frontal headache and visual disturbances to our clinic. For the previous 5 years, he had been receiving treatment for long-lasting mild hyperthyroidism ...

Pituitary adenomas are benign tumours and are typically slow-growing ... Pituitary Hormones Abbreviation Role Growth hormone GH Growth hormone controls our rate of growth and also regulates our ...

Growth hormone manages physical development in ... Compare brain tumors and pituitary tumors next. The pituitary gland is physically located in what many would consider the brain, but it is ...

[4] Pathology external to the pituitary itself Results in hyperplasia ... apart from one subtype of growth-hormone-secreting adenomas, hormone receptor alterations do not seem to be common events ...