Symptoms of pituitary tumor

Nowadays, the symptoms of pituitary tumors mainly include endocrine symptoms and symptoms of increased pituitary tumor pressure. The endocrine symptoms of pituitary tumors are mainly closely related to functional pituitary tumors. If the serum secretin level continues to increase, women will show menopausal lactation and sexual indifference. Men may show sexual dysfunction. If the secretion of growth hormone is too high, it may show gigantism before adulthood and limb hypertrophy after adulthood. If the pituitary tumor continues to grow, it may cause visual impairment.

Treatment of pituitary tumors in women

Pituitary tumors can be divided into non-functional pituitary tumors and functional pituitary tumors according to whether they have functions or not. Because the pituitary gland has limited capacity and is surrounded by bony tissue on three sides, pituitary tumors can easily compress the normal pituitary gland and affect its normal function. First, if it is a non-functional pituitary tumor and it is very small, it can be left alone for the time being and regular checkups are sufficient. If it is relatively large and produces compression symptoms, surgical treatment is required. If it is a functional pituitary tumor, except for prolactinomas, which can be treated with drugs, other pituitary tumors may require surgical treatment.

Can surgery cure pituitary tumors?

Pituitary tumors can be cured by surgery because they are benign tumors. If pituitary tumors are treated with neuroendoscopic surgery, they can be seen very clearly under neuroendoscopy and can basically be completely removed. If they can be completely removed, this benign pituitary tumor can be completely cured. There are also some prolactin-secreting pituitary tumors that can be treated with drugs and do not require surgical treatment for the time being.