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 ...

Macroprolactinoma is a type of pituitary tumor that leads to excess production of the hormone prolactin. This type of tumor is larger than a microprolactinoma but smaller than a giant prolactinoma.

Rathke's Cleft Cyst (RCC): A benign cyst that forms in the pituitary gland, often filled with fluid and arising from remnants of Rathke's pouch. Endoscopic Surgery: A minimally invasive surgical ...

The Pituitary Center offers: The pituitary gland lies at the base of the skull ... a minimally invasive techniques that can effectively treat tumors without surgery or hospitalization. The Pituitary ...

Transient diabetes insipidus almost always begins within 24-48 h of surgery, and usually abates ... their nerve terminals in the posterior pituitary gland, which prevents AVP secretion.

The disease is often caused by a tumor on the pituitary gland, and brain surgery is the first line of treatment. Wrestler Andre the Giant, who died of congestive heart failure at 46, also had the ...

The pituitary gland, often referred to as the ... another option that can be used to shrink the tumor or control its growth, ...

[8] Finally, as a practical consideration, any patient with postoperative diabetes insipidus should be presumed to have anterior pituitary insufficiency as well, and should receive corticosteroid ...