Pituitary tumor symptoms?

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Pituitary adenomas are a group of tumors arising from the residual cells of 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, pituitary tumor symptoms?? Next, I'd like to share my views with you.

Pituitary tumor symptoms?

There is also a symptom of pituitary tumor is too little hormone secretion, this symptom does not have the symptoms of functional tumor enlargement, but the normal pituitary tissue is damaged, so reduce the secretion of gonadotropin, some women will appear menopausal symptoms. Men will have infertility and impotence and other symptoms. If it is not treated as early as possible, it may affect one's life, so it has a great impact on young people.

Excessive hormone secretion syndrome, such as acromegaly caused by excessive growth hormone; Hypohormonal syndrome. 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.

Nerve fiber irritation is a persistent headache. The patients with optic nerve, optic chiasm and optic nerve bundle compression had vision loss, visual field defect and fundus changes; Other compression syndromes. Other manifestations of anterior pituitary dysfunction.

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Pituitary tumor surgery will affect the posterior pituitary, easy to cause postoperative hypophysin secretion insufficiency, can lead to increased urine volume and diabetes insipidus. Other complications included hypothalamic reaction, optic nerve damage and cerebrospinal fluid leakage.