The pituitary gland, a pea-sized structure at the base of the brain, plays a crucial role in regulating many of the body’s ...

Your pituitary gland sits right behind the back of the sphenoid sinus. During transsphenoidal surgery, a neurosurgeon and rhinologist work together to perform the operation: ...

Pituitary apoplexy occurs when a benign tumor in the pituitary gland area begins to bleed or dies, causing the tumor to grow and press on the surrounding brain tissues.

Dr. Gurneet Singh Sawhney, a leading neurosurgeon in Mumbai, explains that the endoscopic transnasal approach also known as transsphenoidal surgery removes pituitary tumors without needing ...

Pituitary neuroendocrine tumors (PitNETs) are usually removed by endoscopic endonasal surgery (EES). However, surgical ...

Dr Rajesh Chhabra, Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, PGIMER, gave details of the medical condition: "Functional pituitary adenomas are non-cancerous tumours of the pituitary gland that ...

Neurosurgery experts from UCSF Health will present new research and clinical findings at the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) Annual Scientific Meeting in Boston, April 25-28.

Tumors of the pituitary gland can cause serious problems in a person’s hormonal balance. In addition, large pituitary tumors can put unhealthy pressure on the optic nerves, which can lead to visual ...

THE association of adrenal hyperplasia with basophil tumors of the pituitary gland was first suggested by Cushing.1 This type of tumor has since been thought to be at least one cause of Cushing's s ...

She reminds them that we all have a variety of hormones and hormone-producing glands with important jobs—including the pituitary gland, which oversees everything from growth to metabolism, and ...

The pituitary spurs other glands to produce hormones of their own, and in some cases these secretions may return to act on the pituitary.

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 ...