What are the clinical manifestations of pituitary tumors

Pituitary tumor is a tumor. The treatment of pituitary tumor, a brain disease, is somewhat difficult. The main treatment method is surgical resection, but it also has a certain recurrence rate. Pituitary tumor can cause abnormal hormone secretion by the pituitary gland and can also compress the intracranial nerves, which is extremely harmful. So, what are the clinical manifestations of pituitary tumors? Let's take a look.

We need to have a certain understanding of pituitary tumors. In fact, pituitary tumors are growth hormone cell tumors. The manifestations of this type of pituitary tumor are very obvious. It will cause the patient to have a moon face, buffalo back, and fingerprints on the skin of the abdomen and thighs. Poisoned patients will experience loss of libido and even general fatigue. Some patients are bedridden, leading to serious complications. Different types of pituitary tumors have very obvious differences in their manifestations. First of all, for patients with growth hormone cell tumors, the pituitary gland secretes more and more hormones, but the symptoms vary among different age groups.

For minors, growing too fast will lead to gigantism, and in adulthood, their facial appearance will change, with a larger forehead, thicker lips, etc. Severe patients may also suffer from general fatigue, pain in all joints, and loss of libido. The clinical manifestations of pituitary tumors will cause very serious complications in patients. Women mainly show amenorrhea and infertility. Severe patients may also have loss of armpit hair, pale skin, headaches, and sexual dysfunction. Men may experience loss of libido, breast hyperplasia, and sparse beards. Severe patients may also experience genital atrophy and a continuous decrease in sperm count, resulting in male infertility.

Pituitary tumors can be treated, but we also need to understand the related symptoms of pituitary tumors. For example, many patients will experience decreased libido or even gigantism. This is because the patient's pituitary gland secretes too much hormone, which can cause many complications in the patient's body. Therefore, we cannot ignore this type of condition.