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davidgaytoday at 4:47 AM1 replyview on HN

Not intrinsically or commonly deadly. https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseas... says "1 in 10 people will develop a pituitary adenoma in their lifetime" - pituitary adenomas is the more general class of these benign tumors, as the pituitary gland produces multiple hormones.


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Fire-Dragon-DoLtoday at 5:07 AM

1 in 10 sounds really common though, that's shocking.