What is pituitary gland?
The pituitary gland is one of the most important and complex endocrine glands in the human brain. It is known as the top endocrine gland in the human body and can secrete a variety of hormones, such as growth hormone, thyroid stimulating hormone, adrenocorticotropic hormone, gonadotropin, oxytocin, prolactin, and melanocyte stimulating hormone. These hormones have important roles in metabolism, growth, development and reproduction.
What is a pituitary tumor?
Pituitary tumor is a very common disease in neurosurgery. It is a group of tumors that occur from the anterior and posterior pituitary lobes and the remnant cells of the craniopharyngeal duct epithelium. Pituitary tumors often affect patients’ growth and development, reproductive function, learning and working ability. Some patients ask how long do women with pituitary tumors live?
Do pituitary tumors affect life expectancy?
Pituitary tumors in general are slightly more common in men than in women, but both men and women should pay more attention to the disease and treat it actively. As for how long pituitary tumors can live, this question should not only be addressed to women, but to both men and women. Pituitary tumors can be recovered through active treatment, and the recovery usually has little effect on life expectancy. However, if not actively treated, pituitary tumors can be very harmful, producing many adverse symptoms that can seriously affect the patient’s quality of life, and may also shorten survival time and affect life expectancy; while some patients with acute and severe cases may have explosive onset, which can directly endanger life. Therefore, patients with pituitary tumors, whether male or female, should not be lucky and should not be concerned about how long they can still live, but should be treated actively as early as possible.
How to treat pituitary tumor?
For the treatment of pituitary tumor, neuroendoscopic transphenoidal approach pituitary tumor resection is now widely carried out clinically. Unlike traditional transcranial approach surgery and microscopic transnasal surgery, transnasal endoscopic surgery can achieve good results by complete removal of the tumor under the direct view of the neuroendoscope with an open field of vision.