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#Microadenoma <= 1 cm. | #Microadenoma <= 1 cm. | ||
#Macroadenoma > 1 cm. | #Macroadenoma > 1 cm. | ||
#Giant adenoma > 4cm. | |||
May be classified by what they secrete. | |||
#Functional (endocrine hyperfunction). | #Functional (endocrine hyperfunction). | ||
#*Acromegaly/giantism. | #*Acromegaly/giantism. | ||
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''Cushing disease'' is due to pituitary gland hypersecretion of ACTH (due to a pituitary adenoma ''or'' CRH hypersecretion from the hypothalamus).<ref name=Ref_PBoD8_1148>{{Ref PBoD8|1148}}</ref> [[Cushing syndrome]] is hypercortisolism ''not'' due to pituitary gland pathology. | ''Cushing disease'' is due to pituitary gland hypersecretion of ACTH (due to a pituitary adenoma ''or'' CRH hypersecretion from the hypothalamus).<ref name=Ref_PBoD8_1148>{{Ref PBoD8|1148}}</ref> [[Cushing syndrome]] is hypercortisolism ''not'' due to pituitary gland pathology. | ||
Imaging: | |||
*Sellar enlargement. | |||
*Bone erosion | |||
*Inhomogenous signal in T1w MRI. | |||
====Familial pituitary adenomas==== | ====Familial pituitary adenomas==== | ||