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A pituitary disease is a disorder primarily affecting the pituitary gland.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Overview of the Pituitary Gland: Pituitary Gland Disorders: Merck Manual Home Health Handbook )〕 The main disorders involving the pituitary gland are: Overproduction or underproduction of a pituitary hormone will affect the respective end-organ. For example, insufficient production (hyposecretion) of thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) in the pituitary gland will cause hypothyroidism, while overproduction (hypersecretion) of TSH will cause hyperthyroidism. Thyroidisms caused by the pituitary gland are less common though, accounting for less than 10% of all hypothyroidism cases and much less than 1% of hyperthyroidism cases.〔(Page 358 ) in: 〕〔(Thyrotropin (TSH)-secreting pituitary adenomas. ) By Roy E Weiss and Samuel Refetoff. Last literature review version 19.1: January 2011. This topic last updated: July 2, 2009〕 ==See also== * Hypophysitis, inflammation of the pituitary gland. * Autoimmune hypophysitis (or lymphocytic hypophysitis), inflammation of the pituitary gland due to autoimmunity. * Pituitary tumour, a tumor of the pituitary gland. * Pituitary adenoma, a noncancerous tumor of the pituitary gland. * Pituicytoma, a rare brain tumor. * Pituitary apoplexy, bleeding into or impaired blood supply of the pituitary gland. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pituitary disease」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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