Pregnancy dramatically affects the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis leading to increased
circulating cortisol and ACTH levels during gestation, reaching values in the range seen in …

Cushing's syndrome (CS) occurs rarely during pregnancy. We investigated and treated four
patients with pituitary-dependent Cushing's syndrome during pregnancy over a 15-yr period …

Pregnancies are rare in women with pituitary adenomas, which may relate to hormone
excess from secretory subtypes such as prolactinomas or corticotroph adenomas …

Endogenous Cushing's syndrome (CS) is rarely encountered during pregnancy. Clinical and
biochemical changes in healthy pregnancy overlap with those seen in pregnancy …

Context: Cushing's disease as a result of a pituitary macroadenoma is an uncommon cause
of Cushing's syndrome, and reports in the published literature are few and of limited size …

Pituitary tumors, usually adenomas, account for about 10–15% of all intracranial tumors.
Their treatment, which includes surgery, medicine or radiotherapy, either isolated or in …

Tumors vary in how they affect pregnancy depending upon the hormone secreted. Some
hormone oversecretion syndromes must be controlled to allow pregnancy to proceed …

Pituitary adenomas are common in women, constituting 5.7% of intracranial (malignant and
nonmalignant) neoplasms, with an age-adjusted incidence rate of 0.82 cases/100,000 …

Pregnancy results in major changes in the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis, which
in turn influence fetal growth and the timing of labor. From the beginning of the second …

Adrenal disorders in pregnancy are relatively rare, yet can lead to significant maternal and
fetal morbidity. Making a diagnosis is challenging as pregnancy may alter the manifestation …