Pituitary diseases are disorders affecting the pituitary gland that ultimately affect the secretion of pituitary hormones. The most frequent conditions are acromegaly (growth hormone excess ...

At the Baylor Medicine Pituitary Center in Houston, Texas, we offer comprehensive and expert care for all pituitary-related disorders, including all tumors of the pituitary and sellar region.

(1) The first phase of diabetes insipidus is initiated by a partial or complete pituitary stalk section, which severs the connections between the cell bodies of AVP-secreting neurons in the ...

Reports of familial pituitary adenomas date back to more than a century ago, though information is sparse. The term acromegaly was first used by Pierre Marie in 1886 but patients with acromegaly have ...