Pituitary/hypothalamic disorders

Last updated: Tuesday, 21, December, 2010
Key InformationAppropriate Tests

Clinical assessment, including formal visual field examination, and diagnostic imaging to detect possible space occupying lesion in the pituitary fossa.

See also Hypopituitarism, Pituitary hormone excess and Diabetes insipidus.

Tumours

  • Craniopharyngioma
  • Pituitary adenoma
  • Histiocytosis
  • Germinoma
  • Meningioma
  • Metastatic carcinoma

Vascular disorders

  • Post-partum necrosis (Sheehan's syndrome)

Damage following head injury

Hypophysectomy

Pituitary irradiation

Granulomas

Pituitary hormone releasing factor deficiencies

  • Kallmann syndrome

Prader-Willi syndrome 

Molecular genetics, cytogenetics.