I am writing about pituitary tumors this week. I find it very interesting that something so small can get tumors and can affect so much. In an article I read that 75% of pituitary tumors release hormones, which is a lot. If they release too much hormones thatn several things can happen such as:giantism, hypothyroidism, cushing syndromes, etc. Hypopituitarism is caused when the hormone secreting cells of the pituitary are damaged sue to the growth of the tumor. I received most of my information from the website: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000704.htm
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