Despite battling growth hormone deficiency and a pituitary microadenoma, Jaden Lim, 18, is determined to scale Mount Kinabalu in Sabah from Feb 7-8 for a good cause. Driven by his love for his ...

Note that the vast majority of patients with pituitary incidentalomas that are microadenomas die with them, not from them. Case one: A 25-year-old woman has a history of chronic nonspecific headaches.

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 ...

We quantified the microadenoma counts (<1 mm) on the entire small intestine with a Leica dissecting microscope (magnification, ×7–40). We dissected single microadenomas with a 26-gauge syringe ...

Physical examination showed full visual fields and no detectable neurological deficit. An MRI revealed two separate Knosp grade 1 pituitary microadenomas (Figure 1). Except for blood prolactin ...

Box 1. Differential diagnosis of a pituitary incidentaloma.

More and more attention is also paid to the problem of obesity. Adipocytes act as an endocrine organ, and their excess promotes disorders of the hypothalamic-pituitary-ovarian axis. Secreted ...

Dr A Hart, Gastroenterology Unit, Leicester General Hospital, Gwendolen Road, Leicester LE5 4PW, UK. Background—Flat adenomas are non-exophytic with a flat top or central depression and histologically ...