Overview of pituitary region tumours
| Tumours within the pituitary gland |
| Adenoma |
| Metastatic carcinoma |
| Carcinoma |
| Secondary lymphoma/leukaemia |
| Craniopharyngioma |
| Germ cell tumours (particularly germinoma) |
| Granular cell tumour/spindle cell granular oncocytoma |
| Gangliocytoma/ganglioglioma |
| Pituicytoma |
| Meningioma |
| Lymphoma |
| Non-neoplastic lesions involving the pituitary gland |
| Nodular hyperplasia |
| Epidermoid, dermoid, and Rathke cleft cysts |
| Abscess |
| Tuberculoma |
| Sarcoidosis |
| Histiocytosis (Langerhans and non-Langerhans) |
| Lymphocytic hypophysitis |
| Tumours arising from adjacent structures |
| Optic chiasm/nerve: pilocytic astrocytoma, meningioma |
| Cranial nerves: schwannoma |
| Hypothalamus: gangliocytoma, pilocytic astrocytoma |
| Sella turcica: meningioma, paraganglioma, chordoma/chondroma/chondrosarcoma |