pituitary cancer
MONDO:0002109Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names pituitary cancer yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
A primary or metastatic malignant neoplasm affecting the pituitary gland. Representative examples include functioning or non-functioning carcinomas arising from the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland, chordomas, chondrosarcomas, and metastatic carcinomas from the breast, lung, and gastrointestinal tract.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0002109), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Where it sits
Other names
22 names
Resolves to: pituitary cancer
- Also called
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