Diseases

Pituitary Neoplasms

Neoplasms which arise from or metastasize to the PITUITARY GLAND. The majority of pituitary neoplasms are adenomas, which are divided into non-secreting and secreting forms. Hormone producing forms are further classified by the type of hormone they secrete. Pituitary adenomas may also be characterized by their staining properties (see ADENOMA, BASOPHIL; ADENOMA, ACIDOPHIL; and ADENOMA, CHROMOPHOBE). Pituitary tumors may compress adjacent structures, including the HYPOTHALAMUS, several CRANIAL NERVES, and the OPTIC CHIASM. Chiasmal compression may result in bitemporal HEMIANOPSIA.

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Neoplasms which arise from or metastasize to the PITUITARY GLAND. The majority of pituitary neoplasms are adenomas, which are divided into non-secreting and secreting forms. Hormone producing forms are further classified by the type of hormone they secrete. Pituitary adenomas may also be characterized by their staining properties (see ADENOMA, BASOPHIL; ADENOMA, ACIDOPHIL; and ADENOMA, CHROMOPHOBE). Pituitary tumors may compress adjacent structures, including the HYPOTHALAMUS, several CRANIAL NERVES, and the OPTIC CHIASM. Chiasmal compression may result in bitemporal HEMIANOPSIA.

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21 entry terms
  • Pituitary Tumors
  • Neoplasm, Pituitary
  • Neoplasms, Pituitary
  • Pituitary Neoplasm
  • Pituitary Tumor
  • Tumor, Pituitary
  • Tumors, Pituitary
  • Cancer of Pituitary
  • Cancer of the Pituitary
  • Pituitary Adenoma
  • Pituitary Cancer
  • Pituitary Carcinoma
  • Adenoma, Pituitary
  • Adenomas, Pituitary
  • Cancer, Pituitary
  • Cancers, Pituitary
  • Carcinoma, Pituitary
  • Carcinomas, Pituitary
  • Pituitary Adenomas
  • Pituitary Cancers
  • Pituitary Carcinomas

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, blood supply, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, chemistry, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, secondary, surgery, therapy, ultrastructure, urine, veterinary, virology.

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coordinate IM with histological type of neoplasm (IM); pituitary adenoma: coordinate IM with ADENOMA (IM) in spite of entry term PITUITARY ADENOMA

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  1. National Library of Medicine. Pituitary Neoplasms. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D010911. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D010911
  2. Pituitary Neoplasms. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q58833962