However, when a tumor develops in the pituitary gland, it can disrupt this ... and imaging studies such as magnetic resonance ...

Macroprolactinoma is a type of pituitary tumor that ... order imaging to check for a tumor. The preferred imaging test for identifying prolactinomas is an MRI scan. Macroprolactinomas require ...

Imaging tests may be utilized to detect abnormal growths and tumors that may develop in the pituitary gland and produce symptoms. CT scans and MRI scans can pick up cancerous and non-cancerous ...

Laboratory evaluation with a serum prolactin for small tumors is cost effective ... nonspecific headaches. MRI was performed and showed a 5-mm lesion in the pituitary gland consistent with ...

Diagnosis Hyperthyroidism caused by a mixed pituitary adenoma that secretes prolactin and TSH. Management Trans-sphenoidal resection of the pituitary tumor ... of libido. MRI of the sella turcica ...

Excess human growth hormone is usually caused by an otherwise benign tumor on the pituitary gland. An MRI found that Kohn had such a tumor: His scan found a nine-millimeter mass, nearly the same ...

Little Eve Robertson would see rainbows and stars on the ceiling of her hospital room – sometimes she’d even see a man ...

According to the expert, constant acne flare-ups can be a sign of Pituitary gland cancer which affects about 1 in 10 people will develop a pituitary adenoma in their lifetime. American Cancer ...

Lindall, 12, was not only thankful for the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital doctors treating her cancer, but also inspired. “She’s been so moved by ...