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Descriptor English: Growth Hormone-Secreting Pituitary Adenoma
Descriptor Spanish: Adenoma Hipofisario Secretor de Hormona del Crecimiento
Descriptor adenoma hipofisario secretor de hormona del crecimiento
Entry term(s) adenoma hipofisario secretor de GH
adenoma somatotropo
Scope note: Tumor hipofisario que segrega HORMONA DEL CRECIMIENTO. En el hombre, el exceso de HORMONA DEL CRECIMIENTO da lugar a la ACROMEGALIA.
Descriptor Portuguese: Adenoma Hipofisário Secretor de Hormônio do Crescimento
Descriptor French: Adénome hypophysaire à GH
Entry term(s): Acromegaly Due To Pituitary Adenoma
Adenoma, Somatotroph
Adenomas, Somatotroph
GH Secreting Pituitary Adenoma
GH-Secreting Pituitary Adenoma
GH-Secreting Pituitary Adenomas
Isolated Familial Somatotropinoma
Pituitary Adenoma, GH Secreting
Pituitary Adenoma, GH-Secreting
Pituitary Adenoma, Growth Hormone Secreting
Pituitary Adenoma, Growth Hormone-Secreting
Pituitary Adenomas, GH-Secreting
Pituitary Growth Hormone Secreting Adenoma
Pituitary Growth Hormone-Secreting Adenoma
Somatotroph Adenoma
Somatotroph Adenomas
Somatotrophinoma, Familial
Somatotropinoma, Familial Isolated
Tree number(s): C04.557.470.035.415
C04.588.322.609.292
C10.228.140.617.738.675.299
C19.344.609.292
C19.700.734.292
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D049912
Scope note: A pituitary tumor that secretes GROWTH HORMONE. In humans, excess HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE leads to ACROMEGALY.
Annotation: coordinate IM with ADENOMA (IM)
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
BS blood supply
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CH chemistry
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SC secondary
SU surgery
TH therapy
UL ultrastructure
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Pituitary Neoplasms (1981-2005)
Public MeSH Note: 2006
History Note: 2006
DeCS ID: 50471
Unique ID: D049912
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Date Established: 2006/01/01
Date of Entry: 2005/06/30
Revision Date: 2012/07/03
Growth Hormone-Secreting Pituitary Adenoma - Preferred
Concept UI M0470976
Scope note A pituitary tumor that secretes GROWTH HORMONE. In humans, excess HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE leads to ACROMEGALY.
Preferred term Growth Hormone-Secreting Pituitary Adenoma
Entry term(s) Acromegaly Due To Pituitary Adenoma
Adenoma, Somatotroph
Adenomas, Somatotroph
GH Secreting Pituitary Adenoma
GH-Secreting Pituitary Adenoma
GH-Secreting Pituitary Adenomas
Pituitary Adenoma, GH Secreting
Pituitary Adenoma, GH-Secreting
Pituitary Adenoma, Growth Hormone Secreting
Pituitary Adenoma, Growth Hormone-Secreting
Pituitary Adenomas, GH-Secreting
Pituitary Growth Hormone Secreting Adenoma
Pituitary Growth Hormone-Secreting Adenoma
Somatotroph Adenoma
Somatotroph Adenomas
Somatotrophinoma, Familial - Narrower
Concept UI M0574713
Preferred term Somatotrophinoma, Familial
Entry term(s) Isolated Familial Somatotropinoma
Somatotropinoma, Familial Isolated



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