Disturbances in endocrine function, such as hormone production, are common in patients with pituitary disorders. Neuroendocrinologists provide clinical evaluations, closely monitor patients throughout diagnosis and treatment, and are committed to working with referring physicians to provide long-term management. We specialize in diagnosis and treatment for all types of neuroendocrine disorders, including:

• Hormonally active adenomas
• Acromegaly
• Cushing's disease
• Prolactinomas
• TSH-secreting adenomas
• Other pituitary tumors
• Hormonally inactive tumors
• Recurrent tumors
• Craniopharyngiomas
• Apoplexy
• Rare pituitary pathologies
• Rathke's cleft cysts
• Hypothalamic tumors
• Inflammatory diseases (hypophysitis)
• Germ cell tumors
• Hypopituitarism (loss of pituitary function)
• Diabetes insipidus (DI)

Neuroendocrinologists perform dynamic tests of endocrine function to diagnosis disorders resulting from hormone-secreting adenomas, such as stimulation and suppression tests for diagnosis of acromegaly and Cushing's disease. We also offer venous sampling performed by interventional neuroradiologists to localize potential sources of excess ACTH. State-of-the-art diagnostic tools are used to evaluate complex pathologies such as hyperprolactinemia and hypopituitarism.

Protocols for dynamic tests used to assess pituitary function at the California Center for Pituitary Disorders at UCSF

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