What Are Pituitary Tumors? | 合法醫療器材資訊網

2017年11月2日—Cancersofthepituitaryglandarerare.Onlyafewhundredhaveeverbeendescribedinmedicaljournals.Theycanoccuratanyage,butmost ...

A tumor is an abnormal growth of cells. Tumors can start nearly anywhere in the body. Tumors that start in the pituitary gland are called pituitary tumors.

To understand pituitary tumors, it helps to know something about the pituitary gland and what it does.

The pituitary is a small gland at the base of the skull, just below the brain and above the nasal passages and the fleshy back part of the roof of the mouth (known as the soft palate). The pituitary sits in a tiny bony space called the sella turcica. The nerves that connect the eyes to the brain, called the optic nerves, pass just above it.

The pituitary is connected directly to part of the brain called the hypothalamus. This provides a key link between the brain...