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Pituitary symptoms

Pituitary symptoms: Introduction

Further information about Pituitary symptoms is below, or review more specific information about these types of Pituitary symptoms: Hypopituitarism, Pituitary gland suppression or other types.

Pituitary symptoms: Symptoms affecting the pituitary gland. See free access online books about Pituitary symptoms below. See detailed information below for a list of 20 causes of Pituitary symptoms, including diseases and drug side effect causes.

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Causes of Pituitary symptoms

• Agnathia-holoprosencephaly-situs inversus - pituitary deficiencies
• Arthrogryposis, distal, with hypopituitarism, mental retardation, and facial anomalies - hypopituitarism
• Babinski-Froelich Syndrome - hypopituitarism
• Corpus callosum dysgenesis hypopituitarism - hypopituitarism
• Froehlich syndrome - hypopituitarism
• more causes...»

See all 20 causes of Pituitary symptoms

Causes of Types of Pituitary symptoms:

Review the causes of these more specific types of Pituitary symptoms:

• Hypopituitarism (25 causes)
• Pituitary gland suppression
• more types...»

See full list of 8 types for Pituitary symptoms

Pituitary symptoms: Symptom Checker

Listed below are some combinations of symptoms associated with Pituitary symptoms, as listed in our database. Visit the Symptom Checker, to add and remove symptoms and research your condition.

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• Pituitary symptoms and Head symptoms (15 causes)
• Pituitary symptoms and Sexual symptoms (14 causes)
• Pituitary symptoms and Hypopituitarism (13 causes)
• Pituitary symptoms and Body symptoms (12 causes)
• Pituitary symptoms and Growth symptoms (12 causes)
• Pituitary symptoms and Infant symptoms (11 causes)
• Pituitary symptoms and Nerve symptoms (11 causes)
• Pituitary symptoms and Pain (11 causes)
• Pituitary symptoms and Poor growth (11 causes)
• Pituitary symptoms and Sensations (11 causes)
• Pituitary symptoms and Male sexual symptoms (10 causes)
• Pituitary symptoms and Developmental problems (10 causes)
• Pituitary symptoms and Weight symptoms (10 causes)
• Pituitary symptoms and Face symptoms (9 causes)
• Pituitary symptoms and Muscle symptoms (9 causes)
• Pituitary symptoms and Short stature (9 causes)
• Pituitary symptoms and Behavioral symptoms (9 causes)
• more...»

See full list of 369 Symptom Checker combinations related to Pituitary symptoms

Pituitary symptoms Treatments

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Causes of General Symptom Types

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Causes of Similar Symptoms to Pituitary symptoms

Research the causes of these symptoms that are similar to, or related to, the symptom Pituitary symptoms:

• Growth symptoms (2233 causes)
• Slow growth (864 causes)
• Hypopituitarism (25 causes)
• Pituitary gland suppression
• Agnathia-holoprosencephaly-situs inversus
• Arthrogryposis (29 causes)
• Distal
• With hypopituitarism
• Mental retardation (1917 causes)
• Facial anomalies (65 causes)
• Babinski-Froelich Syndrome
• Corpus callosum dysgenesis hypopituitarism
• Froehlich syndrome
• more symptoms...»

Diagnostic Guides for Pituitary symptoms

Medical Books Excerpts Read excertps from published book sections related to Pituitary symptoms from the following published medical books for more detailed information about Pituitary symptoms. Free access (no registration): read all online diagnostic book sections about Pituitary symptoms

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Misdiagnosis and Pituitary symptoms

Pituitary conditions often undiagnosed cause of symptoms: There are a variety of symptoms that can be caused by a pituitary disorder (see symptoms of pituitary disorders). For example, fatigue, headache, weight gain, diabetes-like symptoms, and various other symptoms. Pituitary tumors and other similar conditions are not as rare as physicians tend to believe. See introduction to pituitary conditions....read more »

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Diagnostic tests for Pituitary symptoms:

Various tests are used in the diagnosis of Pituitary symptoms. Some of these are listed below :

• Physical investigations
  • Full neurological examination
  • Examine for signs of Cushing's syndrome? - e.g. thin skin, bruising, high blood pressure, stretch marks, proximal muscle weakness, acne, pigmentation, excess hair on face, frontal balding in males, moon face, buffalo hump, truncal obesity, fluid retention.
  • Examine for signs of hypothyroidism - e.g. slow heart rate, slowed reflexes, coarse dry brittle hair, dry cool skin.
• Visual field testing - to detect either a local or general reduction in the area of field). Use Confrontation testing, Perimetry testing and Central field testing. Mapping the visual field defect can help determine cause. e.g. an early pituitary tumor may cause a loss of both outer upper fields of vision and later extend to a loss of both outer upper and outer lower fields of vision.
• Blood tests
  • Full blood count, electrolytes, renal function tests
• more tests...»

See full list of 23 diagnostic tests for Pituitary symptoms

Diagnosis Checklist: Questions your doctor may ask (and why!)

During a consultation, your doctor will use various techniques in their assessment of Pituitary symptoms. Your doctor may ask several questions when assessing your condition. It is important to remember that your consultation is a two-way process and any extra information you can share with your doctor about your symptoms may help them with their diagnosis. Some of the questions your doctor may ask are listed below:

• How long have you had pituitary symptoms? - to determine if acute or chronic.
• What pituitary symptoms do you have? - e.g. galactorrhea (breast milk production), lack of menstrual periods, impotence, infertility, headache, visual field defects, abdominal obesity, growth failure in children, double vision.
• Past surgical history? - e.g. Nelson's syndrome is a rare syndrome of increased pigmentation associated with an enlarging pituitary tumor occurring after bilateral adrenalectomy (removal of both adrenal glands for treatment of Cushing's syndrome); hypothalamic-pituitary surgery is the most common cause of diabetes insipidus.
• more questions...»

See Diagnosis Checklist for Pituitary symptoms (10 listings)

Diagnosis Checklist: Associated symptoms your doctor may ask about (and why!)

Sometimes, other symptoms may be present and may help your doctor analyse your condition. The symptoms your doctor may ask about (in association with Pituitary symptoms) may include:

• Headache? - may suggest a pituitary tumor.
• Symptoms of Acromegaly (pituitary gland tumor producing excess growth hormone)? - e.g. excessive growth of hands, excessive growth of tissues such as nose, lips and face, excessive growth of feet with tight shoes, increased size of jaw and tongue, weakness, sweating, headaches, loss of menstrual periods, loss of libido, deepening of voice and visual field loss.
• Symptoms of prolactinoma (pituitary gland tumor producing too much prolactin hormone)? - e.g. headache, visual field loss, menstrual disturbance, reduced fertility, bilateral milky nipple discharge, impotence and loss of libido in male.
• Symptoms of Cushing's syndrome (pituitary gland tumor producing excess ACTH)? - e.g. weight gain especially central abdominal, change of appearance, moon-like face, thin skin, easy bruising, excessive facial hair growth, acne, muscle weakness, lack of or rare menstrual periods, poor libido, depression, psychosis, insomnia, frequent urination, excessive thirst, growth arrest in children.
• Symptoms of McCune-Albright syndrome? - e.g. mainly affect girls, skin pigmentation (isolated dark brown to light brown patches which tend to remain on one side of the midline), early puberty, ultimate short stature, localized bone pain, deformities or fractures, headache, seizures, hearing loss and sometimes Cushing-like symptoms.
• more symptoms...»

See Diagnosis Checklist for Pituitary symptoms (10 listings)

Home Diagnostic Testing and Pituitary symptoms

Home medical tests possibly related to Pituitary symptoms:

• Thyroid: Home Testing:
  • Home Thyroid Function Testing
  • Home TSH Tests
  • Home Adrenal Function Tests
• more tests...»

Stories from Users for Pituitary symptoms

Symptom specific forums: The following patient stories in our interactive forums and message boards relate to Pituitary symptoms or relevant symptoms:

• Neurological (Nerves) (631)
  • Could this be MS?
  • Numbness and tingling all over
  • Tingling/numbness in arms/hands/legs/face/head [more symptoms]
  • Eye twitch
  • So many symptoms but no diagnosis...GGRRR
  • More user stories
• Endocrine (Growth and Metabolism) (163)
  • Symptoms of Cushing's - Tests all negative
  • Has anyone been diagnosed with Wilson's Temperature Syndrome and are being treated??
  • I am at my wits end with these symptoms
  • I think I have Cushings, can you help?
  • Pitutary tumor
  • More user stories
• Sexual/Reproductive/Gynecological (814)
  • Tingling at the end of penis
  • Bleeding during sex, help!
  • Red dots on penis
  • 17, and i want a baby.
  • Prostatitis- Help me please
  • More user stories

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Organs affected by Pituitary symptoms:

The list of organs typically affected by Pituitary symptoms may include, but is not limited to:

• Brain

Detailed list of causes of Pituitary symptoms

The list below shows some of the causes of Pituitary symptoms mentioned in various sources:

• Agnathia-holoprosencephaly-situs inversus - pituitary deficiencies
• Arthrogryposis, distal, with hypopituitarism, mental retardation, and facial anomalies - hypopituitarism
• Babinski-Froelich Syndrome - hypopituitarism
• Corpus callosum dysgenesis hypopituitarism - hypopituitarism
• Froehlich syndrome - hypopituitarism
• Froelich's syndrome - hypopituitarism
• Frolich's syndrome - hypopituitarism
• Frölich's syndrome - hypopituitarism
• more causes...»

See full list of 20 causes of Pituitary symptoms

How Common are these Causes of Pituitary symptoms?

This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases, not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Pituitary symptoms. Of the 20 causes of Pituitary symptoms that we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:

• 0 causes are "very common" diseases
• 0 causes are "common" diseases
• 0 causes are "uncommon" diseases
• 1 causes are "rare" diseases
• 0 causes are "very rare" diseases
• 19 causes have no prevalence information.

See the analysis of the prevalence of 20 causes of Pituitary symptoms

Conditions listing symptoms: Pituitary symptoms:

The following list of conditions have 'Pituitary symptoms' or similar listed as a symptom in our database. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

A

Agnathia-holoprosencephaly-situs inversus ... pituitary deficiencies

Arthrogryposis, distal, with hypopituitarism, mental retardation, and facial anomalies ... hypopituitarism

B

Babinski-Froelich Syndrome ... hypopituitarism

C

Corpus callosum dysgenesis hypopituitarism ... hypopituitarism

F

Froehlich syndrome ... hypopituitarism

Froelich's syndrome ... hypopituitarism

Frolich's syndrome ... hypopituitarism

Frölich's syndrome ... hypopituitarism

G

Gigantism ... hypopituitarism

Granulomatous hypophysitis ... hypopituitarism

H

Hand-Schüller-Christian Syndrome ... pituitary damage

Hypothalamic hamartomas ... hypopituitarism

L

Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis ... pituitary damage

M

McCune-Albright Syndrome ... pituitary gland problems

P

Pituitary cancer, childhood ... pituitary insufficiency

Pituitary tumors, adult ... pituitary insufficiency

R

Rhombencephalosynapsis ... pituitary deficiencies

RHYNS syndrome ... hypopituitarism

S

Septo-Optic Dysplasia ... pituitary deficiencies

Short stature - pituitary and cerebellar defects - small sella turcica ... pituitary insufficiency

Conditions listing complications: Pituitary symptoms:

The following list of conditions have 'Pituitary symptoms' or similar listed as a complication in our database. The distinction between a symptom and complication is not always clear, and conditions mentioning this symptom as a complication may also be relevant. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

S

Septo-Optic Dysplasia ... hypopituitarism

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Doctors and specialists: Who should I consult about Pituitary symptoms?

Depending on the seriousness of the onset of Pituitary symptoms, you may want to consult one of the following medical professionals.

Important:In extreme cases, always seek advice from emergency services :

• General practitioner
• Emergency physician
• Endocrinologist
• more specialists...»

Classifications of Pituitary symptoms:

Subtypes of Pituitary symptoms:

Hypopituitarism (11 causes), Pituitary gland suppression

Symptoms related to Pituitary symptoms:

Growth symptoms (2213 causes), Slow growth (640 causes), Hypopituitarism (11 causes), Pituitary gland suppression, Agnathia-holoprosencephaly-situs inversus, Arthrogryposis (19 causes), Distal, With hypopituitarism, Mental retardation (1595 causes), Facial anomalies (65 causes), Babinski-Froelich Syndrome, Corpus callosum dysgenesis hypopituitarism, Froehlich syndrome

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Evidence Based Medicine Research for Pituitary symptoms

Medical research papers related to Pituitary symptoms include:

• Acromegaly

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