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Pituitary calcification

MedGen UID:: 869370
•Concept ID:: C4023797
•: Acquired Abnormality

HPO:	HP:0010513

Definition

Deposition of calcium salts in the pituitary gland. [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

GTR
MeSH

CClinical test, RResearch test, OOMIM, GGeneReviews, VClinVar

CROGVPituitary calcification

Phenotypic abnormality
- Abnormality of the musculoskeletal system
  - Abnormality of the skeletal system
    - Ectopic calcification
      - Intracranial calcification
        Pituitary calcification

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Clinical management of teratoma, a rare hypothalamic-pituitary neoplasia.

Chiloiro S, Giampietro A, Bianchi A, De Marinis L
Endocrine 2016 Sep;53(3):636-42. Epub 2015 Dec 23 doi: 10.1007/s12020-015-0814-4. PMID: 26701679

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGISTS, AMERICAN COLLEGE OF ENDOCRINOLOGY, AND ANDROGEN EXCESS AND PCOS SOCIETY DISEASE STATE CLINICAL REVIEW: GUIDE TO THE BEST PRACTICES IN THE EVALUATION AND TREATMENT OF POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME - PART 2.

Goodman NF, Cobin RH, Futterweit W, Glueck JS, Legro RS, Carmina E; American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE); American College of Endocrinology (ACE); Androgen Excess and PCOS Society
Endocr Pract 2015 Dec;21(12):1415-26. doi: 10.4158/EP15748.DSCPT2. PMID: 26642102

Incidentalomas: initial management.

Hitzeman N, Cotton E
Am Fam Physician 2014 Dec 1;90(11):784-9. PMID: 25611713

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