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what are the three most common hormones produced by adenomas of the pituitary gland
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prolactin, GH, ACTH (in that order of common occurance)
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what is the most common cranial tumors
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metastatic >>> primary
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pt who works with machine oil comes in with a viscous brown gold mass in the pituitary gland (midline)
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rathke cleft cyst
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what is the association of pituitary apoplexy
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DIC
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inorder to have ischemic necrosis of the anterior pit, how much of the pituitary vessels must be wiped out
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75% because it has such good vasculature to start
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what is sheehan syndrome
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– post-partum necrosis of anterior pituitary – most common form of clinically significant ischemic necrosis of the anterior pituitary --
result of obstetric hemorrhage or shock |
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made of modified glial cells
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posterior pit
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produces ADH and oxytocin
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posterior pit
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