39 ENDOCRINOLOGY
# Endocrinology
Endocrine pathology underlies many "atypical" surgical patients. MRCS Part A rarely volunteers the diagnosis — recognise the hormonal pattern.
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The pituitary gland
Sits in the sella turcica beneath the optic chiasm, flanked by the cavernous sinuses (CN III, IV, V1, V2, VI). Two embryologically distinct lobes.