Of the 32 previously-reported patients and our two patients with pituitary adenomas who experienced pituitary apoplexy, 16 (47%) had nonfunctioning, 8 (23.5%) GH-secreting, 5 (14.7%) prolactin (PRL)-secreting, 3 (8.8%) follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH)-secreting, and 2 (5.9%) had adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)-secreting adenomas. This evidence concerns the gene POMC and pituitary gland adenoma.