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Background: Central hypothyroidism is characterized by either decreased TSH or, more commonly, normal TSH. This study aims to check whether this biochemical difference related to the severity of the pituitary disease, metabolic processes and general well-
Aleksandra E. Matusiak+4 more
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Background Functional gonadotroph adenomas (FGAs) are rare adenomas that most commonly secrete FSH. However, solitary LH-secreting pituitary adenomas are unusual.
Yi Zhang+8 more
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From Pituitary Stem Cell Differentiation to Regenerative Medicine
The anterior pituitary gland is comprised of specialized cell-types that produce and secrete polypeptide hormones in response to hypothalamic input and feedback from target organs.
Maria Andrea Camilletti+3 more
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Resection of a conus medullaris hemangioblastoma: Case report
Background: Conus medullaris tumors are rare, as the majority of all spinal cord tumors occur in the cervical and thoracic regions. Hemangioblastomas of the spinal cord account for 3%–4% of all intramedullary spinal cord tumors and can be sporadic or ...
Reinier Alvarez+2 more
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Pituitary dysfunction in infective brain diseases
Infectious diseases of the central nervous system (CNS) are increasingly being recognized as important causes of hypopituitarism. Although tuberculosis is the most common agent involved, non-mycobacterial agents like viruses, bacteria, fungus, and ...
Anne M Beatrice+2 more
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PurposeAcromegaly is a rare, intractable endocrine disease. We aimed to describe the patient characteristics, diagnostic delays, treatment patterns, treatment outcomes, comorbidities and treatment costs of acromegaly in China.MethodsThis is a nationwide ...
Xiaopeng Guo+26 more
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IgG4-related disease is a multiorgan disorder in which nodules and hypertrophic lesions are observed simultaneously, or separately, in areas including the pancreas, liver, lungs, salivary glands, thyroid glands, and pituitary glands.
Motohiro Kubori+7 more
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MYXINFANTILISM DUE TO PITUITARY DISEASE [PDF]
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Pituitary metastases as a rare variant of intracranial metastasis
Metastatiс spread of neoplasms to the pituitary gland is a relatively common finding in autopsy series of cancer patients. The majority of these patients were asymptomatic.
A. V. Osnitskaya, V. Ye. Olyushin
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Anaesthesia and pituitary disease
The pituitary gland occupies the sella turcica of the sphenoid bone at the base of the skull, the roof of which is created by an incomplete fold of dura, the diaphragma sella, through which passes the pituitary stalk. The fossa is limited posteriorly by the clivus of the sphenoid and anteriorly and inferiorly by the sphenoidal air sinuses.
Paul G. Murphy+2 more
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