Ms. Wu, 33 years old, for more than two years, facial pores, thick lips, long chin, high cheekbones, low voice, large hands and feet, thought that the relationship between the birth of a child, but more and more recently feel that the eyes can not see clearly, the period also can not, to the ophthalmology, the doctor found that her vision has been very poor, prescribed an MRI examination. The results came out, the doctor found that Ms. Wu’s brain grew a duck egg tumor in the middle of serious pressure on the optic nerve, and hurriedly transferred him to the neurosurgery department, the doctor told her that her brain grew a pituitary tumor, has been very large, facial changes, vision loss are the fault of this pituitary tumor, as soon as possible, surgery, most patients can restore vision.
The doctor told reporters that although pituitary tumors are benign, they can cause vision loss and even sudden blindness when they grow up. The patient is a common type of pituitary tumor, growth hormone pituitary tumor, which, in addition to compressing the optic nerve, also shows fingertip hypertrophy, large changes in appearance, thicker lips, wider brain, thicker fingers, larger shoe size every year, female menopause, male hypogonadism, and low sexual function. Long-term presence can also cause a decline in cardiopulmonary function, hypertension, diabetes and other medical disorders, seriously affecting the quality of life, and surgery is currently the preferred treatment. Most patients do not need craniotomy, but can be treated by transnasal endoscopic surgery to remove pituitary tumors, which is the same as gastroscopy. However, this type of pituitary tumor needs to be done early, the earlier it is done the less risky and the better the results.