Sentences with phrase «gland tumors in the brain»

This probably occurs because most cases of Cushing's disease are caused by pituitary gland tumors in the brain.

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It is a small tumor on my pituitary gland in my brain.

In 2015, I had a benign brain tumor removed from my pituitary gland, and I have a checkup this Thursday.

The MRI imaging detected metastatic tumors, including micrometastases, in lung, liver, lymph node, adrenal gland, bone, and brains of the mice.

Semenza's team uncovered the mitochondrial mechanism in a study of Von Hippel - Lindau (VHL) syndrome, caused by a single gene mutation and characterized by the tendency to develop tumors in many parts of the body, including the kidney, brain and adrenal glands.

The Program specializes in the treatment of primary head and neck cancers, brain and spine tumors such as squamous cell carcinoma, basal cell cancer, glomus tumor, paragangliomas, acoustic neuromas, salivary gland and mucosal tumors, astrocytomas, oligodendrogliomas, glioblastomas, and hemangioblastomas, and metastatic tumors that may have arisen from elsewhere in the body such as the breast, lung, or prostate.

A secondary form of Addison's disease can result from a tumor or defect in the pituitary gland, which is an important hormonal regulator located in the brain.

Pituitary Dependent Cushing's is caused by a tumor (usually small and benign) of the pituitary gland in the brain overstimulating the adrenal glands.

Acromegaly is a syndrome in cats caused by a tumor in the brain (specifically the pituitary gland) that secretes an excess of a hormone (Growth Hormone, GH).

A brain tumor is any intracranial tumor created by abnormal and uncontrolled cell division, normally either found in the brain itself, in the cranial nerves, in the brain envelopes (meninges), skull, or pituitary and pineal gland.

The most common cause of Cushing's disease (85 % of all cases) is a tumor of the pituitary gland in the brain.

Secondary Addison's disease results from a problem, such as a tumor, in the pituitary gland, which is an important hormonal regulator located in the brain.

Thornton's intricate work references his own hallucinatory visions, the result of an undiagnosed brain tumor in his pineal gland, which he experienced for over a decade.

Her brain tumor, located in the pituitary gland, showed up on a CT scan, but the scan was misread by a student who had not finished radiology training.