Treatments
Name of the test used to monitor the growth and progression of pituitary tumors?
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
Excess production of pituitary hormones
Hyperpituitarism
Growth of reproductive organs and increased hormones
Sexual maturation
Term meaning pertaining to the pituitary gland
Pituitary
Can cause or strengthen labor contractions during childbirth, often called the “love hormone”
Oxytocin
Name of the therapy used to treat growth deficiency
Recombinant human growth hormone therapy
Condition that causes atrophy due to loss of stimulating hormones
Hyposecretion
Releasing the ACTH hormone into the bloodstream
Respond to stress or trauma
Term meaning the hypersecretion of one or more pituitary gland hormones
Hyperpituitarism
Regulate salt and water in body, control water kidneys reabsorb
Antidiuretic
The type of radiation therapy used to treat pituitary tumors
Stereotactic radiosurgery
Name of the tumor inside of the pituitary gland
Macroadenomas
Increase in height and weight and other body changes
Physical growth
Term meaning a deficiency in all hormones secreted by the pituitary gland
Panhypopituitarism
Stimulates the growth of the follicle in ovaries and sperm production in the testes
Follicle Stimulating Hormone (FSH)
Surgery used to remove a pituitary tumor
Transsphenoidal surgery
Disorder that occurs when your body produces too much growth hormone
Acromegaly
How fast your body turns food into energy
Metabolism
Term meaning the hyposecretion of one or more pituitary gland hormones
Hypopituitarism
Stimulates thyroid to release thyroxin
Thyroid Stimulation Hormone (TSH)
Medication used to treat tumors that cause overproduction of prolactin
Dopamine agonists
Tumor that causes the pituitary gland to make too much prolactin
Prolactinoma
How hard blood is pushing against the heart walls
Blood pressure
Term used to describe tumors of the anterior pituitary gland
Pituitary adenoma
Triggers ovulation, helps with hormone production during a pregnancy, and causes the testes to produce testosterone
Luteinizing hormone (LH)