Posterior pituitary gland neoplasm

Summary

Posterior pituitary gland neoplasm (MONDO:0003257) is a cancer. A subtype of pituitary tumor — broader associated-gene and molecular evidence is on the parent page (see Disease family below).

At a glance

• Classification: Cancer

Clinical features

No curated clinical features (Orphanet) for this disease.

Identifiers

Disease identifiers

Field	Value
Canonical name	posterior pituitary gland neoplasm
Mondo ID	MONDO:0003257
DOID	DOID:5048
NCIT	C7157
UMLS	C1334957
MedGen	235368
GARD	0023428
Anatomy (UBERON)	UBERON:0002198
Is cancer (heuristic)	yes

Also known as: neoplasm of neurohypophysis · Neurohypophysis neoplasm · neurohypophysis neoplasm · neurohypophysis neoplasm (disease) · Neurohypophysis tumor · neurohypophysis tumor · Neurohypophysis tumour · neurohypophysis tumour · PITUICYTOMA, benign · posterior pituitary gland neoplasm · posterior pituitary gland tumor · posterior pituitary gland tumour · posterior pituitary neoplasm · posterior pituitary tumor · posterior pituitary tumour · tumor of neurohypophysis · tumour of neurohypophysis

Disease family

This is a subtype of pituitary tumor. 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 › pituitary tumor › posterior pituitary gland neoplasm

Related subtypes (8): pituitary cancer, prolactin producing pituitary tumor, non-functioning pituitary gland neoplasm, functioning pituitary gland neoplasm, pituitary gland adenoma, growth hormone-producing pituitary gland neoplasm, benign neoplasm of pituitary gland, ACTH-producing pituitary gland neoplasm

Subtypes (4): neurohypophysis granular cell tumor, pituitary stalk meningioma, pituicytoma, spindle cell oncocytoma

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.