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Texas Medical Center Announces Brain, Spine And Pituitary Tumor Center
Aerial of the Texas Medical Center, an area in the Southeast Houston district. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) The Texas Medical Center announced that a brain and pituitary tumor treatment center will be...
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Pasireotide for the treatment of Cushing’s disease
Posted online on June 17, 2013. (doi:10.1517/21678707.2013.807731) Annamaria Colao †, Chiara Simeoli , Monica De Leo , Alessia Cozzolino , Rosario Pivonello Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery,...
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From Bangladesh ~ Pituitary Adenoma: When headache is a headache
Location of the pituitary gland in the human brain (Photo credit: Wikipedia) “Got headache? Take a paracetamol and get relieved in a short while.” This is common practice in our country. Almost...
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Looking at your Doctor’s Notes?
The anterior pituitary is the anterior, glandular lobe of the pituitary gland. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Acronyms or abbreviations for “Pituitary” PIT: pituitary P: Pituitary PI: pituitary PT:...
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Johns Hopkins Pituitary Patient Day 2013
Johns Hopkins Pituitary Patient Day Join us on Saturday, September 28, 2013, for the 5th Annual Patient Education Day at the Johns Hopkins Pituitary Center. When: Saturday, September 28, 2013 Time:...
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Pituitary tumor size not definitive for Cushing’s
By: SHERRY BOSCHERT, Family Practice News Digital Network SAN FRANCISCO – The size of a pituitary tumor on magnetic resonance imaging in a patient with ACTH-dependent Cushing’s syndrome can’t...
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Prolactin Measure Didn’t Help Localize Pituitary Adenoma
By: SHERRY BOSCHERT, Clinical Endocrinology News Digital Network SAN FRANCISCO – Measurements of prolactin levels during inferior petrosal sinus sampling did not help localize pituitary adenomas in...
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Headache and pituitary disease A systematic review
Clinical Endocrinology, 08/15/2013 Evidence Based Medicine Review Article Kreitschmann–Andermahr I et al. – English: Cavernous sinus (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Headache is very common in pituitary...
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The Current Role Of Transcranial Surgery In The Management Of Pituitary Adenomas
Pituitary. 2013 Dec;16(4):419-34. doi: 10.1007/s11102-012-0439-z. The current role of transcranial surgery in the management of pituitary adenomas. Pratheesh R, Rajaratnam S, Prabhu K, Mani SE, Chacko...
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Reduced mortality in patients with GH replacement therapy – a Swedish study...
March 06, 2015 OR20-Pituitary Tumors-New Clinical Considerations Reduced mortality in patients with GH replacement therapy – a Swedish study based on more than 4,000 patient-years DS Olsson, AG...
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Hair Analysis Provides a Historical Record of Cortisol Levels in Cushing’s...
Exp Clin Endocrinol Diabetes. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2010 Sep 24. Published in final edited form as: Exp Clin Endocrinol Diabetes. 2010 Feb; 118(2): 133–138. Published online 2009 Jul 16....
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Cushing’s Disease – Quality of Life, Recurrence and Long-term Morbidity
Isabel Huguet, Georgia Ntali, Ashley Grossman, Niki Karavitaki European Endocrinology, 2015;11(1):34–8 DOI:10.17925/EE.2015.11.01.34 download pdf | view ejournal | Order reprints Abstract: Cushing’s...
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Familial isolated pituitary adenoma (AIP study)
Professor Márta Korbonits is the Chief Investigator for the NIHR Clinical Research Network supported familial pituitary adenomas study (AIP) which is investigating the cause, the clinical...
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Johns Hopkins surgeon ‘Dr. Q’ to get Hollywood treatment
Brad Pitt’s production company Plan B has teamed up with Disney to develop a movie based on the life of Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa, the head of brain tumor surgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital....
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Role of radiosurgery in management of pituitary adenoma-The BNI experience
S Meah, E Youssef, W White Summary: Researchers conducted this study to determine the efficacy of stereotactic radiosurgery with CyberKnife for the treatment of recurrent pituitary adenoma. They...
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Medical Therapies in Cushing’s Syndrome
Chapter The Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis in Health and Disease pp 165-179 Date: 03 December 2016 Medical Therapies in Cushing’s Syndrome Nicholas A. Tritos Beverly M. K. Biller Abstract...
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Diagnosis and Treatment of Pituitary Adenomas
A Review Mark E. Molitch, MD1 Author Affiliations JAMA. 2017;317(5):516-524. doi:10.1001/jama.2016.19699 Importance Pituitary adenomas may hypersecrete hormones or cause mass effects. Therefore,...
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What You Should Know About Pituitary Tumors
Ask the Experts Igor Kravets, MD Endocrinologist, Assistant Professor Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism Stony Brook Medicine Raphael Davis, MD Neurosurgeon, Professor and Chair...
View ArticleA Retrospective Review of 34 Cases of Pediatric Pituitary Adenoma
Abstract Purpose The purpose of this paper is to study invasiveness, tumor features and clinical symptoms of pediatric pituitary adenoma, and to discuss some inconclusive results in prior studies....
View ArticleStudy Highlights Importance of Clinical Follow-Up in Cushing’s Patients After...
A rare case of Cushing’s syndrome (CS) in a 17-year-old patient with multiple pituitary adenomas highlights the importance of clinical follow-up in order to determine the best treatment options for...
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