title: The sellar/parasellar endocrinopathies: a brief clinical overview.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Medical College of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19129.
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Bartuska
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Kleinman
authors.forename: K S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Kodroff
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Piatok
mesh_terms: 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