How to determine whether you have a pituitary tumor

The incidence of pituitary tumors is getting higher and higher. It is a tumor disease that causes great damage to the brain. Many people do not know how to determine whether they have a pituitary tumor, which delays the best treatment time and causes the condition to worsen. I have collected a lot of information. Now let's learn about how to determine whether you have a pituitary tumor!

Here are some ways to determine if you have a pituitary tumor:

1. Clinical manifestation diagnosis: The patient's discomfort symptoms and physical changes after illness are the most basic information for diagnosis. Some subtle manifestations may serve as important basis for diagnosis and differential diagnosis.

2. Endocrine examination: Since most pituitary tumors have the function of secreting hormones, when the clinical manifestations are not obvious and imaging cannot indicate the presence of a tumor, the hormones of the pituitary tumor have already changed. Some pituitary tumor cases can be diagnosed simply by endocrine testing. For example, in most cases of ACTH cell adenoma, the tumor cannot be seen from imaging. Rare displaced pituitary tumors are located in the chest cavity, abdominal cavity and other parts, and are mainly diagnosed based on endocrine.

3. Imaging examination:

(1) Plain skull X-ray: This is a relatively primitive diagnostic method. It determines the presence of tumors and makes differential diagnosis based on changes in the sella turcica bone and calcification in the sella turcica.

(2) CT scan: It is only of diagnostic value for large pituitary tumors. Micro pituitary tumors are easily missed and cannot be used as the main tool for diagnosing pituitary tumors.

The above is the method to confirm whether you have a pituitary tumor. If you have a pituitary tumor, you must go to a regular hospital for treatment in time and do not delay the best treatment time.

(3) MRI examination: It is the most important tool for diagnosing pituitary tumors. It can clearly show the size, shape, location, and relationship of the tumor with the surrounding tissues. Even tumors with a diameter of 2-3 mm can be displayed. However, the signals of some tumors are similar to those of the surrounding normal pituitary tissues. The two are difficult to distinguish, and a combination of clinical manifestations and endocrine examinations is required for diagnosis.

4. Pathological examination: This is the most reliable diagnostic method with a very low misdiagnosis rate. Pathological diagnosis is based on ordinary slices of HE staining and light microscopy observation. This surgery can only be used as a gross diagnosis and cannot distinguish the type of tumor.