Pituitary neoplasms
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Subject Source: Medical Subject Headings
Scope Note: Notes = Neoplasms which arise from or metastasize to the PITUITARY GLAND. The majority of pituitary neoplasms are adenomas, which are divided into non-secreting and secreting forms. Hormone producing forms are further classified by the type of hormone they secrete. Pituitary adenomas may also be characterized by their staining properties (see ADENOMA, BASOPHIL; ADENOMA, ACIDOPHIL; and ADENOMA, CHROMOPHOBE). Pituitary tumors may compress adjacent structures, including the HYPOTHALAMUS, several CRANIAL NERVES, and the OPTIC CHIASM. Chiasmal compression may result in bitemporal HEMIANOPSIA.,Created For = LHSA-Dott,Use For = Pituitary adenoma
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Correspondence between Norman Dott and colleagues and papers on transphenoidal operation for pituitary tumours, 1957-1954
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Identifier: Coll-32/H.14
Scope and Contents
Correspondence between Norman Dott and colleagues and papers on transphenoidal operation for pituitary tumours. The material consists of correspondence between Dott and Gilbert Horrax, 1957, correspondence between Dott and H.J. Svien, giving Dott's views and results of treatment, 1964. It includes manuscripts of lectures given by Dott on 'Surgical Diseases of the Pituitary Region' at Pretoria 1957, Aberdeen 1958, Smethwick 1959, and a paper by François L. Deborsu (one of Dott's students)...
Dates:
1957-1954
Schedule and correspondence with Norman Dott from visits to Johannesburg and Pretoria, September 1955-October 1955
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Identifier: Coll-32/E.19
Scope and Contents
Schedule and correspondence with Norman Dott from visits to Johannesburg and Pretoria, dated September 1955-Ocotober 1955. The material consists of a schedule of visits and lectures by Dott; correspondence with Dott regarding his visit from colleagues, former patients and new cases to be seen, case-notes and notes by Dott. DOtt's lectures were on Subarachnoid pouches, Facial pain, Pituitary Tumours. The material also includes a note on 'Method of bleaching skulls'.
Dates:
September 1955-October 1955