Pituitary disease
A pituitary disease is a disorder primarily affecting the pituitary gland.
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 of thyroid stimulating hormone in the pituitary gland will cause hypothyroidism, while overproduction 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.
