The sellar/parasellar endocrinopathies: a brief clinical overview.
Endocrine disorders of the pituitary and other hypothalamic structures are reviewed. Anterior and posterior pituitary physiology is described as well as hormone-producing tumors that cause Cushing's disease, hyperprolactinemia, acromegaly-gigantism, and precocious and delayed puberty. The diagnosis and management of diabetes insipidus caused by hypothalamic-posterior pituitary disorders complete the overview.
Bartuska
D G
DG
Medical College of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19129.
Kleinman
D S
DS
Kodroff
K S
KS
Piatok
D J
DJ
D000172:Acromegaly / Q000175:diagnosis; D003480:Cushing Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis; D003919:Diabetes Insipidus / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D006966:Hyperprolactinemia / Q000175:diagnosis; D010900:Pituitary Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011629:Puberty, Precocious / Q000175:diagnosis; D012658:Sella Turcica