We report a case of pituitary adenoma with normal hormone levels in 34-year-old female. She presented to OP headache, milky discharge from nipples and secondary amenorrhea transient loss vision. Patient had hyperprolactinemia all other hormones. MRI revealed space occupying lesion sellar suprasellar region. Neurological consultation suggested Rathke’s cyst/ craniopharyngioma/ macroadenoma. Exci...

To summarize the maintenance of homeostasis in our body terms signal transduction, there are two major axes: autonomic nervous system and hormones. The system, one peripheral nerves, secretes neurotransmitters such as norepinephrine acetylcholine to affect target organs quickly efficiently. Hormones can be viewed signals that trigger larger changes DNA level after they secreted into blood reach...

Light microscopy has revealed that the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland contains many kinds of glandular cells, which have been classified according to the staining behavior of each cell type after the use of various methods of differential staining. At the early stage in the development of pituitary morphology, the cell types were designated as acidophil, basophil or chromophobe suggesting...

background and objective: endocrine disorders are common in patients with chronic kidney disease (ckd). the aim of the present study is reviewing available literature to give a deep understanding of complexities of endocrine disorders in chronic kidney disease. methods: a narrative reviewing method based on the available literature was approached. findings: generally, when renal function decrea...

During the Islamic lunar month of Ramadan millions of Muslims abstain from drinking and eating from dawn to sunset. The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of intermittent Islamic fasting on reproductive function, hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid axis and the peripheral metabolism of thyroid hormones in men. We measured serum levels of FSH, LH, testosterone, prolactin, TSH,...

- The effects of acute alcohol intoxication (AAI) on the pituitary-gonadal axis hormones, and the possible contribution of pituitary-adrenal axis hormones, beta-endorphin and prolactin to alcohol-induced dysfunction of pituitary-gonadal axis hormones were studied in adult men and women. Blood samples were drawn from adults of both sexes who arrived at the emergency department with evident behav...

Pituitary tumours are classified by the characteristic clinical syndromes that accompany tumour hormone production. All of the constituent hormone-secreting cell types of the anterior pituitary are capable of undergoing neoplastic change, although it is evident from histochemical analysis that adenomas derived from pure, functional lactotrophs, corticotrophs, somatotrophs, gonadotrophs and thyr...

It is well known that the function of the anterior pituitary is controlled by hormones secreted from several peripheral endocrine glands. In the previous reports from this laboratory, TONOUE and YAMAMOTO 14-18) and HOSHINO et al.2, 3) showed that transport and incorporation of amino acids were stimulated in rat anterior pituitary after either thyroidectomy or adrenalectomy. Injection of thyroxi...

The pituitary gland plays a prominent role in the control of many physiological processes. This control is achieved through the actions and interactions of hormones and growth factors that are produced and secreted by the endocrine cell types and the non-endocrine constituents that collectively and functionally define this complex organ. The five endocrine cell types of the anterior lobe of the...