What's wrong with pituitary adenoma

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A friend did not have menstruation when he was in his thirties. Later, he was diagnosed with pituitary adenoma. So, what's wrong with pituitary adenoma? Let's talk about it.

What's wrong with pituitary adenoma

First, pituitary adenomas are a group of tumors arising from the residual cells of the anterior and posterior pituitary and craniopharyngeal epithelium. About 10% of intracranial tumors have obvious clinical symptoms. Male slightly more than female, pituitary tumor usually occurs in young adults, often affect the patient's growth and development, reproductive function, learning and working ability. The clinical manifestations were abnormal hormone secretion syndrome, tumor compression of pituitary surrounding tissue syndrome, pituitary apoplexy and other manifestations of anterior pituitary dysfunction.

Secondly, there will be abnormal hormone secretion syndrome group, excessive hormone secretion syndrome group, such as acromegaly caused by excessive growth hormone; hormone secretion syndrome group. When the nonfunctional tumor is enlarged and normal pituitary tissue is destroyed, amenorrhea occurs due to decreased gonadotropin secretion. Infertility or impotence is often the earliest and most common.

Finally, there will be tumor compression of pituitary tissue around the syndrome group, some will have nerve fiber stimulation showed persistent headache, and some patients will be optic nerve, optic chiasm and optic nerve bundle compression, patients with vision loss, visual field defect and fundus changes; other compression syndrome group. At the same time, some patients will have other manifestations of anterior pituitary dysfunction. Each patient's condition is different, the symptoms will be different, we should pay attention to timely treatment.

matters needing attention

The most important treatment for pituitary tumor is surgery. After treatment, we should also pay attention to the daily life and diet, especially the regular review.