High-resolution magnetic resonance imaging at 3T of pituitary gland: advantages and pitfalls.
Gland surgery, 2019 Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is the primary imaging tool for the evaluation of pituitary gland pathology. In the last decades, MRI with high-field scanners has become widely used in clinical practice, leading to significant improvements in image ...
M. Varrassi +11 more
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Restored vision in a young dog following corticosteroid treatment of presumptive hypophysitis [PDF]
, 2016 Background: Hypophysitis is an umbrella term for a group of disorders involving inflammation of the pituitary gland. A rare occurrence in humans, hypophysitis can produce a range of clinical signs including (but not limited to) visual deficits and ...
Liuti, Tiziana +3 more
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Hypophysitis, the Growing Spectrum of a Rare Pituitary Disease
Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2021 Hypophysitis is defined as inflammation of the pituitary gland that is primary or secondary to a local or systemic process. Differential diagnosis is broad (including primary tumors, metastases, and lympho-proliferative diseases) and multifaceted ...
F. Langlois, E. Varlamov, M. Fleseriu
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Epithelial cell integrin beta1 is required for developmental angiogenesis in the pituitary gland [PDF]
, 2016 As a key component of the vertebrate neuroendocrine system, the pituitary gland relies on the progressive and coordinated development of distinct hormone-producing cell types and an invading vascular network. The molecular mechanisms that drive formation
Krawczyk, M. +8 more
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Line Scan Raman Microspectroscopy for Label-Free Diagnosis of Human Pituitary Biopsies
Molecules, 2019 Pituitary adenomas are neoplasia of the anterior pituitary gland and can be subdivided into hormone-producing tumors (lactotroph, corticotroph, gonadotroph, somatotroph, thyreotroph or plurihormonal) and hormone-inactive tumors (silent or null cell ...
Daniela Bovenkamp +10 more
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Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2020 The theory holds that the anterior pituitary in mammals receives humoral regulation. Previous studies have reported that the pars distalis of the anterior pituitary of several mammalian species contains substance P-, calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP)
Xiaohui Li +9 more
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The 'incidentaloma' of the pituitary gland. Is neurosurgery required? [PDF]
, 1990 We describe a series of 18 patients with an intrasellar mass incidentally discovered by computed tomography or magnetic resonance imaging. The average size of the mass was 13 mm, with a range from 5 to 25 mm.
Allolio, Bruno +4 more
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Pituitary metastases as a rare variant of intracranial metastasis
Бюллетень сибирской медицины, 2008 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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MRI Evaluation of Size and Shape of Normal Pituitary Gland: Age and Sex Related Changes [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2017 Introduction: For complete assessment of pituitary gland, we should be aware of its normal anatomy with the physiological variations in its size and shape in different age groups in both males and females.
Pratiksha Yadav +3 more
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Involvement of the hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid axis and its interaction with the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis in the ontogeny of avian thermoregulation: a review [PDF]
, 2008 The emergence of thermoregulation in avian species is a complex matter in which neural as well as hormonal processes are involved. In a previous paper, the neural aspects of primary avian thermoregulation were discussed.
Baarendse, P.J.J. +5 more
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