Does pituitary tumor still need treatment?

Do pituitary tumors still need treatment? Some patients are found to have pituitary tumors during physical examinations in the hospital. The symptoms are not very obvious at ordinary times, and they really want to know whether the pituitary tumor needs treatment. Experts say that this disease does need treatment. If not treated in time, it is easy to cause a variety of complications and cause great harm to the body. Here are several treatments for pituitary tumors.

1. Surgical treatment

The current surgical methods include transsphenoidal and craniotomy. Tumors with a diameter greater than 3 cm and adhesion to the optic nerve or impaired vision can be treated with surgery first, and the surgery must achieve adequate decompression of the optic nerve. Postoperative residual or recurrence can be treated with particle implantation.

Disadvantages: Pituitary tumors are located in the sellar region, surrounded by important neural structures such as the optic nerve, internal carotid artery, and hypothalamus, so surgery still has certain risks.

2. Drug treatment

The advantage of drug treatment is that it will not cause further hypopituitarism, and can selectively and durably inhibit excessive hormone secretion, thereby improving clinical symptoms.

Disadvantages: Disadvantages of drug treatment include serious side effects, long-term use, and increasing costs.

3. Chemotherapy

Since pituitary tumors are adenomas, they have poor sensitivity to radiotherapy. After radiotherapy, 70 percent of patients experience decreased pituitary function, which reduces their quality of life.

4. Traditional Chinese Medicine

TCM consolidation treatment: For patients with pituitary tumors, the body must be imbalanced in yin and yang, and the five elements are not harmonious, which leads to the disorder of qi, blood and body fluids, resulting in qi stagnation and blood stasis, phlegm accumulation, and accumulation into tumors. TCM Eight-Principle Syndrome Differentiation and Tumor Elimination Therapy is based on the actual condition of the patient, adopts the method of strengthening the body and eliminating evil, regulating qi, strengthening the foundation and replenishing deficiency, and eliminating tumors, and treats according to syndrome differentiation, takes a comprehensive approach, and directly acts on the tumor site with pharmacology for later consolidation treatment.

The above is an introduction to the treatment methods of pituitary tumors. I hope it will be helpful to you.