First, patients who undergo surgery in the suprasellar region often ... and their nerve terminals in the posterior pituitary gland, which prevents AVP secretion. (2) This first phase is followed ...

The Pituitary Center at Baylor Medicine treats a wide variety of conditions affecting the pituitary gland, including: Although surgery is often the first line of treatment for pituitary adenomas, ...

The Pituitary Center offers minimally invasive endoscopic pituitary surgery for pituitary and skull base tumors. Our team is highly experienced with purely endoscopic approaches that use natural ...

traditional surgery. Adenomas are tumors that grow on the pituitary gland. Almost always benign (noncancerous), these occur in about 20% of people and in many cases are asymptomatic. Their ...

MRI was performed and showed a 5-mm lesion in the pituitary gland consistent with a microadenoma. Except for headaches, the patient is asymptomatic. She has normal menses, her physical examination ...

an underdeveloped or poorly formed pituitary gland, or injury to either gland. If a brain tumor is the cause, surgery or radiation therapy can potentially cure panhypopituitarism. Other causes may ...