Pituitary Clinical Center
Staffed by Stanford neurosurgerons and neuroendocrinologists who are specialists in pituitary diseases, this clinic is designed to provide comprehensive, streamlined care for patients with pituitary abnormalities, including pituitary tumors and pituitary hormone problems.
Services Offered
- Treatment of functional tumors (prolactinomas, Cushing`s disease and acromegaly).
- Treatment of nonfunctional lesions (adenomas, craniopharyngiomas, meningiomas, gliomas, chordomas, Rathke's cleft cysts,etc.).
- Treatment of pituitary hormone deficiencies affecting the thyroid, the adrenal glands, water balance, reproductive organs, and growth hormone (GH) secretion.
- Patients will be thoroughly evaluated for pituitary hormone abnormalities by a pituitary diseases expert (neuroendocrinologist).
- When appropriate, patients will be evaluated by a neurosurgeon expert in pituitary tumor surgery utilizing state of the art endoscopic surgery.
- On the same clinic day, patients may also be evaluated by Neuroradiology (MRI scan), Neuro-Ophthalmology (visual field testing), and Neuroendocrine Testing (adrenal function testing).
- Other specialties including Interventional Neuroradiology, Radiation-Oncology and Neuropathology are readily accessible when necessary.