Skip to main content

Search from vocabulary

Content language

Concept information

Preferred term

Pituitary Diseases  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D010900

Download this concept:

RDF/XML TURTLE JSON-LD Created 1/1/99, last modified 6/30/05