Pituitary tumors are classified according to the different hormones they secrete. Prolactin microadenomas with clinical symptoms usually do not grow into large adenomas. It is the first in the incidence of functional tumors of the pituitary gland. The incidence is higher in women than in men.
Patients with this type of pituitary tumor may first visit a gynecologist or obstetrician because of menstrual disorders, etc. If the treatment is only “headache treatment, foot pain treatment” and only medication to regulate menstruation, it will not have any good effect. In this case, it is recommended to take blood to check the serum pituitary hormone level, especially the prolactin level, and to do head MRI to exclude pituitary adenoma.
2.Growth hormone pituitary adenoma: The typical clinical manifestations of growth hormone secretion level is too high: the onset of childhood manifests as gigantism; the onset of adult manifests as acromegaly, accompanied by high blood sugar.
Giant’s disease; acromegaly.
3, ACTH pituitary adenoma: ACTH overproduction, typical performance: centripetal obesity, full moon face, buffalo back, skin pigmentation. Accompanied by hypertension.
Centripetal obesity.
4, pituitary macroadenoma: the pituitary gland grows upward to compress the optic nerve causing vision loss and visual field defects. Such patients mostly go to the ophthalmology department first, and it is recommended to check a head MRI at the time of consultation.