What are the symptoms of pituitary tumors

The pituitary gland is the most important endocrine gland in our body, and pituitary tumor is a common type of glandular tumor. After a pituitary tumor occurs, the body undergoes significant changes. Common symptoms include acromegaly, effects on growth hormone, headaches, decreased vision, etc. Timely diagnosis and treatment are required.

Typical symptoms of pituitary adenoma

Pituitary adenomas are related to the patient's gender, age, tumor size and direction of extension, and the type of hormones secreted, and include the following four groups of symptoms:

①Symptoms and signs caused by excessive hormone secretion from pituitary tumors, the most common of which are acromegaly, Cushing's disease and prolactinoma;

② The pituitary gland itself is compressed, mainly due to the decrease in the secretion of pituitary tropin, which generally affects growth hormone GH first, followed by luteinizing hormone, follicle-stimulating hormone, and finally adrenocorticotropic hormone and thyrotropin. A few cases may be accompanied by diabetes insipidus.

③Compression syndrome of the tissues surrounding the pituitary gland, including headache, decreased vision, visual field defect, hypothalamic syndrome, cavernous sinus syndrome and cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea;

④ Pituitary stroke refers to infarction, necrosis or hemorrhage of pituitary adenoma and/or pituitary gland itself. Clinically, compression symptoms and meningeal irritation symptoms may appear rapidly, the clinical manifestations of hyperpituitarism may disappear or be alleviated, and even anterior pituitary function may be reduced.