Are all pituitary tumors the same?

No: Pituitary tumors can be benign adenomas (non-cancerous) or malignant carcinomas (cancerous). Also, many tumors are bland tumors whoch grow into the neigboring tissues an cause symptoms (headaches, viusal changes, etc). Other tumors secrete hormones and cause distant effects on other organs such as the adrenal glands for example.

Tough question: Tumors of the pituitary vary almost as much as the type of people who ask questions to health tap. Think of the pituitary as an attachment of the brain that receives information and sends messages in the form of hormones throughout the body. Abnormal growths can occur within and around this gland as well as excessive growth due to too much or too little information and hormone in and output.

Pituitary tumors: Most are Adenomas. They can be Micro or Macro, depending on size. They can be Functional such as Prolactinoma, or Non-functional.