Pituitary gland

System Endocrine
SNOMED CT 181125003

Pituitary gland

Definition

Terminology note: hypophysis and pituitary gland are often used informally as synonyms, but the hypophysis also includes the small infundibular or pituitary stalk[Neumann 2020]

Also known as glandula pituitaria, pituitary, pituitary body — per UBERON

The Pituitary gland is a part of the Endocrine.

Also identified as

Associated Diseases

Disease Involvement Source
ACTH-producing pituitary gland adenoma Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
ACTH-producing pituitary gland carcinoma Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Benign neoplasm of pituitary gland Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Benign neoplasm of pituitary gland Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Functioning gonadotropic adenoma Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Functioning pituitary gland adenoma Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Growth hormone-producing pituitary gland adenoma Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Growth hormone-producing pituitary gland carcinoma Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Lymphocytic hypophysitis Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Lymphocytic hypophysitis Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Malignant thyroid stimulating hormone producing neoplasm of pituitary gland Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Mixed somatotroph-lactotroph pituitary gland adenoma Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Necrosis of pituitary Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Necrosis of pituitary Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Neurohypophysis granular cell tumor Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Non-functioning pituitary adenoma Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Pituicytoma Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Pituitary adenocarcinoma Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Pituitary apoplexy Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Pituitary apoplexy Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Pituitary blastoma Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Pituitary cancer Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Pituitary gland adenoma Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Pituitary gland disorder Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Pituitary gland infarction Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Pituitary gland infarction Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Pituitary hypoplasia Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Pituitary hypoplasia Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Pituitary tumor Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Posterior pituitary gland neoplasm Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Prolactin-producing pituitary gland adenoma Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Prolactin-producing pituitary gland carcinoma Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Spindle cell oncocytoma Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
TSH producing pituitary tumor Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0

Procedures

Procedure Relation Source
Hypophysectomy Procedure Has Excised Anatomy NCIT · CC BY 4.0