What are the symptoms of female pituitary tumor

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Women have an organ called pituitary adenoma. Of course, this place is an integral part. Now many people have begun to study it, and there are often symptoms. What are the symptoms of female pituitary adenoma.

What are the symptoms of female pituitary tumor

First: growth hormone hyperactivity: if eosinophilic pituitary adenoma occurs before epiphyseal closure (before adulthood), it is characterized by gigantism; if it occurs after adulthood, it is characterized by Acromegaly; if it is between the two, it is a mixed type.

Second: gonadotrophin hypergonadism: to promote its target gland secretion of sex hormones increased, male early sexual hyperfunction, and then gradually decline. Women are less menstruation, amenorrhea, breast developed, lactation can be extended to stop breastfeeding after a few years.

Third: basophil hyperthyroidism: thyroid stimulating hormone, adrenal stimulating hormone and gonadotropin are affected, which can produce Cushing's syndrome. The patient's performance is centripetal obesity, especially in the face, neck and trunk. The limbs are relatively thin, the face is round as a full moon, with ruddy fat, often acne, and fatty deposition on the upper back. The skin is not thin, with purple lines and marbling.

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The general symptoms of endocrine disorders is also a kind of female pituitary, basically in the nature of postoperative recurrence is also relatively high.