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Acromegaly
This surgery may not be available to patients in remote locations, so travel to a larger metropolitan area may be necessary for treatment.Radiation of the pituitary gland is used for people who do not respond to the surgical treatment. However, th...
Source:ADAM
Date:March 18, 2008

Specific Treatments Articles

Pituitary Tumor Radiation Therapy
Radiation is often used to treat pituitary tumors that come back after surgery. It may also be used to treat pituitary tumors that cause symptoms that medication cannot relieve. Sometimes, if a tumor is very large, the surgeon will remove as much as safely possible (called "debulking" surgery), and then the rest of the tumor will be irradiated.
Source:StayWell
Hypophysectomy
Hypophysectomy, or hypophysis, is the surgical removal of the pituitary gland.The pituitary gland is a small, oval-shaped endocrine gland about the size of a pea located in the center of the brain above the back of the nose. Its major role is to p...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Surgery
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