There is no authoritative research to confirm what kind of people are prone to pituitary tumor, but factors such as long-term radiotherapy, target gland hypoplasia, genetic history, hypothalamic damage and so on can increase the risk of pituitary tumor to a certain extent.
1. Long-term radiotherapy: long-term brain radiotherapy can impair the function of pituitary gland, activate oncogenes and inactivate oncogenes, thus triggering pituitary tumor.
2. Hypoplasia of target glands: thyroid, gonads and adrenal glands are part of the hypothalamus-pituitary-target gland axis. If the target glands become hypoplasia, the positive and negative feedback mechanisms will be impaired, and pituitary diseases, such as pituitary tumors, are likely to occur.
3. Genetic history: if someone in the relatives suffers from multiple endocrine adenomatosis, it can be inherited to the offspring, and the offspring will be prone to pituitary tumor.
4. Hypothalamic injury: hypothalamic injury leads to disorders of the hypothalamus in regulating hormone effects and cells with genetic abnormalities, which may lead to pituitary tumors.
At present, the cause of pituitary tumor is unknown, and when the above situations occur, you need to be alert to the risk of pituitary tumor.