Concept information
Preferred term
Pituitary Diseases
Type
-
Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
Entry terms
- Disease, Pituitary Gland
- Diseases, Pituitary Gland
- Disorder, Hypophyseal
- Disorder, Pituitary
- Disorders, Hypophyseal
- Disorders, Pituitary
- Hypophyseal Disorder
- Hypophyseal Disorders
- Pituitary Disorder
- Pituitary Disorders
- Pituitary Gland Disease
- Pituitary Gland Diseases
Note
- general or unspecified; prefer specifics; coordinate IM with specific part of pituitary (IM) if pertinent
Scope note
- Disorders involving either the ADENOHYPOPHYSIS or the NEUROHYPOPHYSIS. These diseases usually manifest as hypersecretion or hyposecretion of PITUITARY HORMONES. Neoplastic pituitary masses can also cause compression of the OPTIC CHIASM and other adjacent structures.
History note
- 66
In other languages
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Finnish
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aivolisäkesairaudet
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aivolisäketaudit
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aivolisäkkeen taudit
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hypofyysin sairaudet
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hypofyysin taudit
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hypofyysisairaudet
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hypofyysitaudit
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Swedish
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D010900
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