In most cases of acromegaly, this excessive growth hormone production stems from a noncancerous tumor in the pituitary gland. However, in rarer instances, the disease can be triggered by tumors ...

Acromegaly is due to hypersecretion of growth ... In 21 out of 29 patients analyzed, more than 20% tumor shrinkage was observed. Mean reduction in tumor size at the last measurement was 43%.

Gamma knife radiosurgery (GKR) is used as an adjuvant therapy in patients with acromegaly if primary surgery ... evaluated the effects of GKR on tumor growth and control of hypersecretion in ...

Complications included transient headache, occasional diplopia and one case of anterior pituitary insufficiency ... suprasellar extension of the tumor and to determine the position of the optic ...

Pituitary adenomas are tiny lumps which grow within the pituitary gland. These can cause problems by producing extra hormones, for example growth hormone resulting in acromegaly, by preventing the ...

[1,2,4] For this reason, hormonal stimulation or impaired feedback inhibition has been thought to underlie the pathogenesis of pituitary tumors. The data suggest, however, that although hormones ...

At the Baylor Medicine Pituitary Center in Houston, Texas, we offer comprehensive and expert care for all pituitary-related disorders, including all tumors of the pituitary and sellar region.

The term acromegaly was first used by Pierre Marie in 1886 but patients with acromegaly ... Erdheim was the first to describe familial pituitary tumors to occur in the setting of MEN in 1903 (Erdheim ...