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Endocrine Glands & Their Hormones ⚡️

Pituitary tumors can be: - Functioning, producing and secreting hormones which affect other tissues and glands. - Nonfunctioning, which do not produce hormones, but can become larger masses affecting surrounding tissues. Source - Fact sheet, YaleMedicine.

Functional pituitary tumors include - Prolactinomas (PRL-secreting), somatotrophs (GH-secreting), ACTH-secreting, TSH-secreting, gonadotropin-secreting, and the much rarer multi-hormonal adenomas.

Treatment of pituitary tumors depends on the size of the tumor, and symptoms; while taking into consideration patient's age and fitness for interventions. And these treatment modalities include - monitoring, surgery, radiation therapy, medications and chemotherapy. Ref - YaleMed

Neuroendocrine cells are like nerve cells (neurons), but they also make hormones like cells of the endocrine system(endocrine cells). Abnormal growth of these cells lead to neuroendocrine tumors (NETs).

NETs are named and grouped according to where the tumour started in the body, and can develop in organs of the GI tract, lungs, and islet cells of the pancreas. Other types of NETs include medullary thyroid cancer, pheochromocytoma and Merkel cell carcinomas. Ref - CCS

Hereditary conditions such as MEN, VHL, NF-1 and Tuberous sclerosis increase the risk of NETs. Ref - Canadian Cancer Society.

Interesting fact - Cushing syndrome may occur in some patients with lung or pancreatic NETs as a result of excess ACTH production.

Interesting associations: GI NETs - Carcinoid syndrome Lung or pancreatic NETs - Cushing syndrome Pancreatic NETs - Zollinger- Ellison syndrome Ref - Canadian Cancer Society

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