Medicine
Volume 37, Issue 8 , Pages 393-398, August 2009

Diagnosis of pituitary disease

Alan M McGregor MA MD FRCP FMedSci is Professor of Medicine at King's College London and Honorary Consultant with a special interest in Endocrinology at King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK. He qualified from the University of Cambridge, and trained in London, Newcastle upon Tyne and Cardiff, UK. His research interests include pituitary disease and autoimmune thyroid disease. Competing interests: none declared

Abstract 

Pituitary adenomas are relatively uncommon and slow growing. The onset of symptoms and signs is often insidious, particularly with non-functioning adenomas, so patients tend to present late and there is often a delay in diagnosis. A high index of suspicion is therefore essential.

Keywords: assessing pituitary function, craniopharyngioma, pituitary adenoma, pituitary apoplexy, pituitary disease presentation, pituitary imaging, pituitary incidentaloma, pituitary mass differentiation

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PII: S1357-3039(09)00154-6

doi:10.1016/j.mpmed.2009.05.011

Medicine
Volume 37, Issue 8 , Pages 393-398, August 2009

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