But as the years went on, he began to notice his body changing in unusual ways: His head grew so much that he needed a larger helmet, and his hands became so big he had to have his wedding ring ...

When a tumor develops in the pituitary gland, surgery is the most common form of treatment used to remove the abnormal mass. In some cases, radiation therapy is used in conjunction with other methods.

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 ...

Lucknow: Doctors at Balrampur Hospital successfully performed a complex gynecological surgery on a 45-year-old woman from Gonda who was suffering from.

Cushing transplanted a pituitary gland obtained from a spontaneously ... Although many deemed the surgery a failure, it demonstrated Cushing's notable preliminary understanding of the principles ...

OBJECT: In this paper the authors describe the indications for and the results and complications of repeated transsphenoidal surgery (RTSS) to treat recurrent or residual pituitary adenoma.