MRIs are an effective diagnostic tool for pituitary tumors. Although MRI scans can miss very small ... opens up the area to access the pituitary gland. They may then take samples of the tumor ...

A 63-year-old man was referred to the Massachusetts General Hospital Neuroendocrine & Pituitary Tumor Clinical Center ... an enlarged pituitary gland. A pituitary MRI with magnified pituitary ...

A pituitary tumor is an irregular mass on your pituitary gland (the small gland inside your skull that ... Often, your surgical team refers you for a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan to look at ...

The tumor is not growing at the moment but cannot be ignored.” A review of this quote among a handful of my colleagues who diagnose and treat pituitary gland tumors — neurosurgeons ...

But most pituitary tumors are benign and most of them are treatable. MRI or CT scans can detect tumors in the pituitary gland. And blood and urine tests can determine hormone levels. Even under a ...

An operation commonly performed to remove brain tumors from the pituitary glands of humans is now available to dogs, thanks to a collaboration between a neurosurgeon and some veterinarians in Los ...

As many as 20 percent of people may have a benign cyst or tumor in their pituitary gland. The vast majority ... but the tumor itself may not be visible on an MRI," said co-author Edward Laws ...

The pituitary gland, often referred to as ... studies such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or computed tomography (CT) scans to visualize the tumor. Treatment for pituitary tumors depends ...

Drugs are best for dogs with Cushing’s syndrome caused by the pituitary gland or for those with a tumor on their adrenal gland that can't be removed with surgery. The most common drug is ...

The pituitary ... a pituitary tumor, they may order an MRI (magnetic resonance imaging). This uses powerful magnets and radio waves to get a clear picture of your pituitary gland.

THE association of adrenal hyperplasia with basophil tumors of the pituitary gland was first suggested ... adrenal venous blood of hypophysectomized dog as assay for ACTH. Endocrinology 57:184 ...