20-year-old in China looks like a young child due to a pituitary tumour
Zeng Yushan, 19, from Huzhu township in China's Sichuan province, was diagnosed with a tumour on her pituitary gland. She stopped growing at the age of seven and has the appearance of a child. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 9, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Consultant in endocrinology – Hull Royal Infirmary, Hull, UK
Applications are invited for the post of Consultant in Endocrinology to join a team of eight Consultants in the Department of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism at Hull Royal Infirmary. This post is for pure clinical endocrinology. The successful applicant will be encouraged to further develop a subspecialty area of interest in Endocrinology within the unit. General Medical on-call and ward duties will be shared with colleagues currently in post. Subspecialty services include: pituitary disease, thyroid disease and thyroid eye disease, reproductive medicine, adrenal and gonadal disease. There are joint clinics with neu...
Source: Society for Endocrinology - July 23, 2014 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
Pituitary apoplexy in pregnancy
Rapid growth of pituitary tumours in pregnancy is well documented, although pituitary apoplexy is a rare event in pregnancy. Pituitary apoplexy is a potentially life-threatening event if not recognised early. Hayes et al. describe a woman who presented with pituitary apoplexy in the second trimester of pregnancy.
Their case demonstrates that a multidisciplinary approach involving endocrinologists, obstetricians and neurosurgeons can minimise morbidity and mortality in the pregnant apoplectic patient and that early decompressive surgery is safe in the second trimester and can preserve pituitary function.
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Source: Society for Endocrinology - July 22, 2014 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
Grandfather has brain tumour pulled out through his NOSE, saving his sight
Nigel Tinsley, 69, from the West Midlands, had a pituitary tumour which was pressing on the optic nerves, causing him to slowly lose his sight. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - July 18, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The social psychology of nerve cells
Cholinergic amacrine cells create a 'personal space' in much the same way that people distance themselves from one another in an elevator, researchers have discovered. In addition, the study shows that this feature is heritable and identifies a genetic contributor to it, pituitary tumor-transforming gene 1. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - June 26, 2014 Category: Science Source Type: news
Remission of prolactinoma after pregnancy
Prolactinomas are pituitary tumours occuring in women of child-bearing age. Treatment with dopamine agonists reduces both prolactin level and tumour size and is effective in restoring fertility, thereby allowing pregnancy. Whilst studies have focussed on the risks of treatment and tumour growth during pregnancy, little is known about the outcome of women with prolactinoma after pregnancy and lactation.
Domingue et al conducted a retrospective study to study remission after pregnancy and lactation in women with prolactinoma.
The results of their study shows that more than 40% of the women with previous...
Source: Society for Endocrinology - May 20, 2014 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
Sca1+ pituitary adenoma cells
The role of tumor stem cells in benign tumors such as pituitary adenomas remains unclear. Donangelo and colleagues investigated whether the cells within pituitary adenomas that spontaneously develop in Rb+/− mice are hierarchically distributed with a subset being responsible for tumor growth. They find that Sca1+ cells derived from benign pituitary tumors exhibit an undifferentiated expression profile and tumor-proliferative advantages, and they propose that these cells could represent putative pituitary tumor stem/progenitor cells.
Read the full article at Donangelo et al. (2014) Endocrine-Related Cancer 21 203...
Source: Society for Endocrinology - April 25, 2014 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
Academic Endocrinologist – Dartmouth-Hitchcock Clinic, New Hampshire, USA
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Clinic in Lebanon, NH and the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth are searching for a BC/BE fellowship-trained endocrinologist. The ideal candidate is a general endocrinologist experienced in thyroid ultrasound and ultrasound guided fine needle aspiration who is interested in leading a thyroid ultrasound practice, as well as participating in the full complement of the Section’s clinical and educational responsibilities, including inpatient and outpatient consultation, and didactic/clinical supervision of medical students, residents, and fellows. 3-5 years of clinical experience is preferred...
Source: Society for Endocrinology - March 11, 2014 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
Academic Endocrinologist - Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Clinic in Lebanon, NH and the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth are searching for a BC/BE fellowship-trained endocrinologist. The ideal candidate is a general endocrinologist experienced in thyroid ultrasound and ultrasound guided fine needle aspiration who is interested in leading a thyroid ultrasound practice, as well as participating in the full complement of the Section’s clinical and educational responsibilities, including inpatient and outpatient consultation, and didactic/clinical supervision of medical students, residents, and fellows. 3-5 years of clinical experience is preferred...
Source: Society for Endocrinology - December 16, 2013 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
Mutated stem cells trigger pituitary tumours in children (Medical Xpress, 7 October 2013)
A UK study published in Cell Stem Cell investigates the developmental origins of adamantinomatous craniopharyngioma.
Full article (Source: Society for Endocrinology)
Source: Society for Endocrinology - October 9, 2013 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
UCLA-led team may have found key to cause of Cushing disease
(University of California - Los Angeles Health Sciences) UCLA researchers and their colleagues have found that testicular orphan nuclear receptor 4 (TR4) is overexpressed in pituitary tumors that spark the excess production of adrenocorticotrophic hormone (ACTH). The scientists discovered that by knocking down TR4 in lab mice, they were able to reverse tumor growth and excess ACTH production. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - May 30, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Potential therapeutic target discovered for Cushing's disease (Medical News Today, 10 May 2013)
A study in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences associates an orphan receptor with tumor growth and ACTH secretion in human and mouse pituitary tumour cells.
Full article (Source: Society for Endocrinology)
Source: Society for Endocrinology - May 13, 2013 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
Potential Therapeutic Target Discovered For Cushing's Disease
Scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have identified a protein that drives the formation of pituitary tumors in Cushing's disease, a development that may give clinicians a therapeutic target to treat this potentially life-threatening disorder. The protein, called TR4 (testicular orphan nuclear receptor 4), is one of the human body's 48 nuclear receptors, a class of proteins found in cells that are responsible for sensing hormones and, in response, regulating the expression of specific genes... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - May 10, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cancer / Oncology Source Type: news
Salk scientists find potential therapeutic target for Cushing's disease
(Salk Institute) Scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have identified a protein that drives the formation of pituitary tumors in Cushing's disease, a development that may give clinicians a therapeutic target to treat this potentially life-threatening disorder. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - May 7, 2013 Category: Biology Source Type: news
Neurology: Images in Clinical Medicine
Editor: V. Dimov, M.D., Cleveland ClinicHypoglossal Nerve Palsy during Meningococcal Meningitis. NEJM, 10/2014.Absent Superficial Abdominal Reflex due to thoracic spinal cord neuromyelitis. NEJM, 05/2014.Kayser-Fleischer Rings in Wilson ' s Disease. NEJM, 03/2012.Perilymph Fistula Test leads to nystagmus. NEJM, 01/2012.A stray bullet in the brain - with no deficit of power, cognition, sense of touch, or speech. Lancet, 01/2012.Blindness after Fat Injections. NEJM, 12/2011.Internal-Carotid-Artery Dissection and Cranial-Nerve Palsies. NEJM, 12/2011.A Head Shot. NEJM, 12/2011.Multiple Intracranial Tuberculomas. NEJM, 10/2011....
Source: Clinical Cases and Images - August 22, 2009 Category: General Medicine Tags: Images Neurology Source Type: news
