Multiple doctors told Steve Loutzenhiser they would not operate on him before Dr. Camilo Molina, a neurosurgeon at St. Louis’ Washington University, agreed to perform the extremely complicated surgery ...

The pituitary gland is ... need more MRIs to see if the tumor grows and if it responds to treatment. In rare cases, radiation therapy is used if medicine and surgery don't bring down prolactin ...

Transient diabetes insipidus almost always begins within 24-48 h of surgery, and usually abates ... and the nerve terminals in the posterior pituitary, or to axonal shock from perturbations ...

With the widespread use of computed tomography and MRI, the incidental discovery of pituitary incidentalomas ... or 'subclinically' functional tumor. Size and structure should be assessed ...

By early January, Steve Loutzenhiser had the surgery to remove the tumor. Afterward, he spent more than a week in the hospital and nearly two weeks in rehab relearning how to walk. “At first ...