Headache and dizziness are symptoms of a pituitary tumor, what are the other symptoms of a pituitary

Symptoms of abnormal hormone secretion in pituitary tumors. Patients with pituitary tumors may experience symptoms of abnormal hormone secretion. When there is too much growth hormone, it will cause the patient's extremities to become hypertrophied, and the patient's body parts will suddenly become larger, such as a larger chin, a larger nose, and larger feet.

When growth hormone is secreted excessively, it can also lead some patients to develop directly into giants. When the hormone secretion is too low, the patient's non-functional tumor will appear to become larger. When normal pituitary tissue is destroyed, the patient's gonadal hormone secretion decreases.

At this time, female friends will have symptoms of amenorrhea and infertility. Male friends will have symptoms of impotence and infertility.

The specific cause of pituitary tumors is unknown, and it may be related to factors such as environment and diet. Pituitary tumors are a group of tumors that occur from the anterior and posterior lobes of the pituitary gland and the residual cells of the craniopharyngeal epithelium. Most patients with pituitary tumors have no obvious clinical symptoms, and some patients have hormone imbalance secretion, such as gigantism, gynecomastia, female amenorrhea, galactorrhea, etc.; If the tumor compresses the surrounding tissues, it can manifest as headache, visual field disturbance, and hypopituitarism.

Pituitary tumor is a group of malignant tumors from the adenohypophysis, nervous system, pituitary gland or eustachian squamous epithelial cells. If the volume of the pituitary tumor is very large, causing crush symptoms, and the size of the brain is limited, it is likely that plastic surgery will be used to remove the disease. If the corresponding protropin injury is commensurate, it is likely that hormone replacement will be necessary in the middle and later stages.

There are some pituitary tumors such as prolactinoma, which is likely to make the volume of the pituitary tumor smaller and the level of lactin reduced to normal according to the treatment of drugs. Therefore, how pituitary tumors are selected is mainly based on the different hormone characteristics secreted by pituitary tumors.

Pituitary tumors can be prevented in people's daily routines. Common preventive measures, such as strengthening physical exercise, doing some exercise, exercising more, sweating more, exercising more in the sun, and excreting acids from the body with sweat. The second is not to eat too cold or too salty and spicy food in the usual diet, the third is to quit smoking and limit alcohol in developing good living habits, and the fourth is to have a positive attitude to deal with some pressure from the outside world, and carry out appropriate psychological counseling while combining work and rest.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that stress is one of the causes of overwork and weakness, which can lead to decreased immune function, endocrine disorders and other acidic deposition.

In addition to causing headaches, dizziness, nausea, vomiting and other symptoms, pituitary tumors can also cause blurred vision, visual field defects, and women may even have galactorrhea.

In addition to dizziness, it can also cause nausea and vomiting, increased intracranial pressure, difficulty seeing, head pain, and galactorrhea in women.

Decreased vision, irregular menstruation, galactorrhea, dizziness, nausea and vomiting, such a situation indicates that the body is not feeling well.

There are five main common symptoms of pituitary tumor:

1.Optic nerve compression. Because the tumor grows in the sella and develops upward, it compresses the optic chiasm or optic nerve and causes changes in vision and visual field, and more than 90% of patients have vision loss, which can also be monocular vision loss, or even cause blindness in one or both eyes.

2.Endocrine and metabolic disorders. is a typical symptom of pituitary tumor.

The endocrine function of the pituitary gland is very complex, mainly under the innervation of the central nervous system, through which the growth and development, material metabolism of the human body and the regulation of physiological activities such as sexual organs and sexual function are controlled by the endocrine. The tumour can involve the lower thalamus upwards and the posterior pituitary posterior lobe backwards. The posterior pituitary gland contains antidiuretic hormone and oxytocin, so diabetes insipidus can occur when the posterior pituitary gland is affected.

3.Hypopituitarism. The degree of hypopituitarism is related to the degree of compression of normal pituitary gland cells.

Atrophy of the endocrine glands controlled by the anterior pituitary gland due to hypofunction of the anterior pituitary gland manifests in a variety of ways: low sexual function and changes in secondary sexual characteristics; hypothyroidism; Adrenal insufficiency.

4.Hyperpituitary gland function. Eosinophils produce growth hormone and prolactin.

Basophils produce thyroid-stimulating hormone, adrenotropin, and gonadotropin. As a result, these tumors can cause hyperpituitary gland function, especially in the early stages. Eosinophilic adenomas may have excessive secretion of growth hormone, but they can squeeze basophils, causing them to function poorly.

5.Posterior pituitary gland and hypothalamus involvement. Tumors affecting the posterior pituitary gland or the lower thalamus can produce saliva, polydipsia, polyuria, hypothermia, and water, electrolyte, and lipodystrophy.

Most pituitary tumors occur in middle-aged people, and it is important to pay attention to whether you have a genetic history. If it is found to be an early pituitary tumor and has been diagnosed, it can be directly treated with radiotherapy, whether it is non-invasive or minimally invasive, [Cyberknife radiotherapy] can track and kill tumor cells in real time and accurately, and the effect is excellent, while for larger (3-4 cm in diameter) brain tumors need 2-3 irradiation. At present, the effect of Cyberknife has been recognized by the public, and it is also the most advanced means, which is understandable!

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Pituitary tumor is a common brain tumor, which is mainly caused by excessive secretion of growth hormone, which can cause amenorrhea in women, and infertility or impotence in men. Because of the compression of the tumor, there will be symptoms such as persistent headache, vision loss, and visual field defects.

There are many secretory types of pituitary tumors, and the clinical manifestations of different types of pituitary tumors are different.

Gamma Knife** is the first choice for pituitary microadenoma, and Gamma Knife can also be considered for patients who remain after pituitary tumor surgery or who cannot tolerate craniotomy after surgery**.

Pituitary microadenoma: for pituitary microadenoma with a diameter of less than 1 cm, surgery can be used**, which has the advantage that the hormone level that is significantly elevated before surgery can be reduced and the symptoms can be improved; The disadvantages are that there is a risk of bleeding, infection, and cerebrospinal fluid leakage from the surgery; In some patients, when the surgical lesion is not completely removed, it should be supplemented with radiation** or gamma knife**.

Large pituitary adenoma: Craniotomy is necessary for patients with large tumors in diameter, compressing the optic chiasm or protruding into the third ventricle to cause hydrocephalus**.

Drug**: bromocriptine has a certain effect on prolactinic adenoma, has a general effect on growth hormone adenoma, and has an unsatisfactory effect on adrenocorticotropic hormone adenoma, so it should not be used as much as possible. In general, Gamma Knife stereotactic surgery is recommended**.

Pituitary adenoma is a benign adenoma that is quite common, and the incidence of the disease is found to be about 1.1 million, mainly among women of childbearing age. The single nostril transsphenoidal approach is currently the preferred route for pituitary adenoma. At present, neurosurgery experts with rich clinical practice, such as Director Pan Renlong, Director Hou Yanfa and Director Yang Bingsen of Shanghai Blue Cross Brain Hospital, are proficient in carrying out this operation, and the effect is satisfactory.

Favorable aspects of transsphenoidal pituitary tumor resection:

1. The tumor is completely resected, and the tumor and peritumoral pituitary tissue can be selectively resected under the operating microscope 2, and the endocrine function rate is high.

3. The improvement rate of visual field is not lower than that of transcranial surgery.

4. Short operation and anesthesia time.

5. Low complications, light response and fast recovery.

6. Avoid craniotomy on the frontal lobe and olfactory nerve. Indications for surgery for optic nerve injury, etc.: various types of pituitary microadenoma; various types of pituitary macroadenoma; Various types of pituitary macroadenoma (maximum diameter), the tumor mainly extends to the suprasellar or posterior sellar superior, mildly to the superior anterior sellar and mild to both sides of the suprasella.

For patients with advanced stage tumors that invade the cavernous sinus or even invade the middle cranial fossa, partial or large resection can also be performed for primary transsphenoidal resection to improve visual acuity and prepare for secondary transsphenoidal or craniotomy); optic chiasm prefixer; The tumor grows to the sphenoid sinus, grows backward and inferiorly, invades the saddle dorsal and slope; Cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea.

Contraindications to surgery: history of nasal infection, sphenoid sinusitis, nasal septum surgery (relative); Giant pituitary adenomas that develop significantly laterally, toward the floor of the frontal lobe, and posteriorly to the sellar (relatively); Those with coagulation disorders or other serious diseases.

In response to your description, it is recommended to choose Gamma Knife**, Gamma Knife**Pituitary tumor is to use gamma ray geometric focusing, through precise stereotactic direction, a planned dose of gamma ray is concentrated on the pre-illuminated target, the tumor (pituitary tumor) tissue is irradiated with multiple fields and angles, and conformal radiotherapy is carried out according to the different shapes and sizes of the tumor.

For more information, please contact: Pituitary Tumor Consultation Network.

Pituitary tumor is a frequent disease of head tumors, and patients will experience symptoms such as vision loss, dizziness, nausea, and headache, which will have a serious impact on the normal life of patients. For details, it is recommended to consult the doctor of Wuhan Modern Obstetrics and Gynecology in Qiaokou.

Pressure on different parts of the area, symptoms are different, such as headache, double vision (double vision), vomiting, decreased vision, unsteady walking, etc.