Wilkinson and a small cadre of scientists are studying whether traumatic brain injury (TBI) caused by battlefield explosions can damage soldiers’ pituitary glands in ways that cause lasting ...

Hypopituitarism results from damage to the pituitary gland. This damage needs to have occurred to 75% of the pituitary gland to affect pituitary hormone levels. Treating the underlying cause of ...

ACTH is the hormone your pituitary gland sends to your adrenal glands to tell them to produce more cortisol. It can be caused by long-term use of certain steroids or damage to the pituitary gland.

Damage to the pituitary gland due to a tumor may occur either because of: impaired blood flow to the gland compression of the pituitary tissue caused by the tumor growth, or by related inflammation .

Secondary adrenal insufficiency starts with damage to your pituitary gland or to the part of your brain that controls it, called the hypothalamus. If you’ve had surgery for a condition called ...

Your pituitary is a small gland at the base of your brain. Pituitary disorders develop because of problems with your pituitary gland. A growth (tumor) in or near the pituitary often causes these ...

and further damage to the pituitary gland. Other rare complications, such as meningitis and cerebrospinal fluid leaking from the brain out of the nose, can also occur. The appropriate treatment ...

The patient was unknowingly infected with an abnormal protein that causes a rare, fatal neurological disease with no ...

A pituitary tumor is an irregular mass on your pituitary gland (the small gland inside your skull that regulates hormones). A tumor that grows can press on your pituitary gland and change your hormone ...