Pituitary dermoid and epidermoid cysts
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Summary
Pituitary dermoid and epidermoid cysts (MONDO:0019615) is a disease. A subtype of adrenal gland neoplasm — broader associated-gene and molecular evidence is on the parent page (see Disease family below).
At a glance
- Phenotypes (HPO): 24
Clinical features
Signs & symptoms
Clinical features (HPO)
24 HPO clinical features (Orphanet curated; top 24 by frequency):
| HPO ID | Term | Frequency |
|---|---|---|
| HP:0000830 | Anterior hypopituitarism | Very frequent (80-99%) |
| HP:0002017 | Nausea and vomiting | Very frequent (80-99%) |
| HP:0010885 | Avascular necrosis | Very frequent (80-99%) |
| HP:0011750 | Neoplasm of the anterior pituitary | Very frequent (80-99%) |
| HP:0000135 | Hypogonadism | Frequent (30-79%) |
| HP:0000141 | Amenorrhea | Frequent (30-79%) |
| HP:0000651 | Diplopia | Frequent (30-79%) |
| HP:0000870 | Increased circulating prolactin concentration | Frequent (30-79%) |
| HP:0000871 | Panhypopituitarism | Frequent (30-79%) |
| HP:0000876 | Oligomenorrhea | Frequent (30-79%) |
| HP:0002331 | Recurrent paroxysmal headache | Frequent (30-79%) |
| HP:0003324 | Generalized muscle weakness | Frequent (30-79%) |
| HP:0007663 | Reduced visual acuity | Frequent (30-79%) |
| HP:0010514 | Hyperpituitarism | Frequent (30-79%) |
| HP:0012505 | Enlarged pituitary gland | Frequent (30-79%) |
| HP:0030907 | Thunderclap headache | Frequent (30-79%) |
| HP:0100829 | Galactorrhea | Frequent (30-79%) |
| HP:0000798 | Oligozoospermia | Occasional (5-29%) |
| HP:0001250 | Seizure | Occasional (5-29%) |
| HP:0001287 | Meningitis | Occasional (5-29%) |
| HP:0011442 | Abnormality of central motor function | Occasional (5-29%) |
| HP:0011730 | Abnormality of central sensory function | Occasional (5-29%) |
| HP:0001117 | Sudden loss of visual acuity | Very rare (<1-4%) |
| HP:0001959 | Polydipsia | Very rare (<1-4%) |
Identifiers
Disease identifiers
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Canonical name | pituitary dermoid and epidermoid cysts |
| Mondo ID | MONDO:0019615 |
| Orphanet | 91351 |
| UMLS | C5190781 |
| MedGen | 1674582 |
| GARD | 0019161 |
| Is cancer (heuristic) | no |
Disease family
This is a subtype of adrenal gland neoplasm. Genetic, therapeutic, and trial evidence is largely curated at the broader-term level — see the parent page for the associated-gene cohort and molecular evidence.
Classification path: disease › human disease › disease by etiologic mechanism › cancer or benign tumor › neoplastic disease or syndrome › neoplasm › endocrine gland neoplasm › adrenal gland neoplasm › pituitary dermoid and epidermoid cysts
Related subtypes (7): adrenal gland cancer, multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1, Cushing disease due to pituitary adenoma, adrenal medulla neoplasm, benign neoplasm of adrenal gland, pheochromocytoma-paraganglioma, adrenal cortex neoplasm
Genetics & variants
GWAS landscape
No GWAS associations recorded — common-variant (GWAS) studies don’t cover this disease (typical for Mendelian / rare diseases). See the curated gene cohort and Mendelian overlap below.
Variant details and genetic-evidence tiers
No tiered GWAS variants or ClinVar records for this disease.
Genes & proteins
No associated-gene cohort resolved for this disease. Atlas builds the molecular and therapeutic sections — associated genes, protein families, druggability, pathways, interactions, and drug associations — by aggregating over a disease’s associated genes (resolved via GWAS / GenCC / ClinVar / CIViC), and none resolved here. This is expected for antibody-mediated, autoimmune, or otherwise non-gene-defined conditions; the curated evidence for this disease is its clinical features, GWAS susceptibility, and clinical trials (above).
Function
No pathway enrichment — requires an associated-gene cohort.
Therapeutics
No druggable-target or therapeutic data for this disease’s cohort.
Clinical trials & evidence
Clinical trials
Clinical trials: 0.
Related Atlas pages
No linked Atlas pages yet — the cross-entity mesh grows as the corpus expands.