pituitary gland adenoma
Findings
No curated finding names pituitary gland adenoma yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
A non-metastasizing tumor that arises from the adenohypophysial cells of the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland. The tumor can be hormonally functioning or not. The diagnosis can be based on imaging studies and/or radioimmunoassays. Due to its location in the sella turcica, expansion of the tumor mass can impinge on the optic chiasm or involve the temporal lobe, third ventricle and posterior fossa A frequently associated physical finding is bitemporal hemianopsia which may progress to further visual loss.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0006373), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Where it sits
- A kind of
- Narrower terms (9)
- ACTH-producing pituitary gland adenoma
- chromophobe adenoma
- familial isolated pituitary adenoma
- functioning pituitary gland adenoma
- growth hormone-producing pituitary gland adenoma
- non-functioning pituitary adenoma
- pituitary gland acidophil adenoma
- pituitary gland basophil adenoma
- pituitary gland mixed eosinophil-basophil adenoma
Other names
6 names
Resolves to: pituitary gland adenoma
- Also called
- adenoma of pituitaryadenoma of pituitary glandadenoma of the pituitaryadenoma of the pituitary glandadenoma, anterior lobe pituitary gland, benignpituitary adenoma