Located at the base of the brain, nestled within the skull, lies a bean-shaped endocrine gland called the pituitary. It’s as small as a pea and just about as light – weighing only half a gram. But ...

Pituitary tumours are common and cause unrestrained hormone secretion or compression of intracranial structures. Treatment aims to suppress hormone hypersecretion, ablate tumours or prevent their ...

Changes clinical practice: Adults who received cranial radiotherapy for nonpituitary tumors should have their hypothalamic-pituitary axis periodically evaluated. This is the first meta-analysis of ...

Subtle to frank abnormalities in hypothalamic–pituitary axis function are frequently seen in cancer survivors who have received prophylactic or therapeutic cranial irradiation. The growth hormone (GH) ...

In a new study published in Cell Reports, Finnish researchers show that pituitary macrophages, the immune cells located in the pituitary gland, help regulate hormonal balance. It is possible that in ...

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 ...

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 ...

Known as the master gland, the pituitary gland is behind the bridge of the nose. Medically reviewed by Isabel Casimiro, MD, PhD The pituitary gland, known as the master gland, helps regulate most of ...

Sheehan syndrome is a rare condition affecting the pituitary gland during or after childbirth. Damage occurs to the pituitary gland due to a reduction in blood flow. As this damage affects the gland’s ...