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Our
Physicians
Pituitary
Disorders
The
pituitary is probably best understood as "command central" for
most of the human body's major hormones. Approximately the size of a large
pea, the endocrine gland tissue is attached to a tiny stalk, the hypothalamus,
extending directly down from the brain stem - almost in the center of
your head from any direction. Although malignancies are not common in
this area, small growths, usually benign, in this gland can cause overproduction
of certain hormones and underproduction of other key hormones.
Evaluation
and removal of these very small "adenomas" is almost a subspecialty
all of its own.
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Troy
D. Payner, MD
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here for more details)
MEDICAL SCHOOL:
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati,
OH - 1988
RESEARCH:
Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology,
University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH - 1985
INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY:
University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH- 1989
FELLOWSHIP:
Cerebrovascular and Skull Base Neurosurgery,
University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH- 1994
BOARD CERTIFIED:
American Board of Neurological Surgery |
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