How many months can a patient with a pituitary tumor in the late stage live?

Having a pituitary tumor is not terrible. If it is benign, some patients are lucky and only need surgery. But if it is in the late stage of pituitary tumor, the patient is not so lucky. How many months can the patient live at most? The following editor will show you how long the life of a pituitary tumor patient is left at most.

Many patients with pituitary tumors will experience endocrine symptoms, which will lead to an imbalance in the body's internal environment and seriously affect the quality of health and life. As the tumor grows larger, the pituitary tumor will cause vision loss and blindness. If it is not treated in time, it will affect important structures such as the hypothalamus and brainstem near the sellar area, leading to the patient's death. Therefore, it is important to diagnose the disease as early as possible. Patients with advanced pituitary tumors will be in critical condition in as little as half a year and as much as 12-18 months.

Usually, if you have a pituitary tumor, the doctor will recommend surgery or drug treatment, and will also conduct strict checks on the body's endocrine indicators. If you have a pituitary tumor, it will not directly threaten your life. You can use surgery and drug treatment, and surgery is the most effective. However, this disease must be treated as soon as possible. If it is not treated in time, it will be very harmful to the body. Usually, if the operation goes smoothly, you will be the same as a normal person.

1. Growth hormone cell adenoma: The early tumor is only a few millimeters in size, and the main manifestation is excessive secretion of growth hormone. Minor patients may grow too fast and even develop into giants. After adulthood, it will show acromegaly. Such as facial changes, enlarged forehead, protruding lower jaw, large nose and thick lips, thick fingers, tight shoes and hats, several changes to larger sizes, and even have to be specially made. Some patients also have increased appetite, rough hair and skin, pigmentation, numbness of fingers, etc. Severe patients feel general fatigue, headache and joint pain, sexual dysfunction, amenorrhea and infertility, and even complicated by diabetes.

2. Prolactin cell adenoma: The main symptoms are amenorrhea, galactorrhea, infertility, and in severe cases, loss of armpit hair, pale and delicate skin, increased subcutaneous fat, fatigue, easy fatigue, lethargy, headache, sexual dysfunction, etc. In men, symptoms include loss of libido, impotence, breast hyperplasia, sparse beard, and in severe cases, atrophy of reproductive organs, decreased sperm count, infertility, etc. There are not many cases of male to female changes.

3. ACTH cell adenoma: Clinical manifestations include centripetal obesity, moon face, buffalo hump, sanguineous constitution, purple lines on the skin of the abdomen and thighs, increased vellus hair, etc. In severe cases, there will be amenorrhea, loss of libido, general fatigue, and even bedridden. Some patients also have hypertension, diabetes, etc.

If you have a pituitary tumor, you must seek timely treatment. Don’t wait until the late stage when your life is almost over before you worry about it. Generally, the early symptoms of a pituitary tumor include the following:

1. Men will experience a significant decrease in libido, as well as hair and beard loss, delicate skin, and other feminine manifestations. Women will experience irregular menstruation or even amenorrhea and galactorrhea.

2. Significant weight gain, obesity, moon face, dark and shiny skin, excessive hair growth, purple striae (purple-red skin wrinkles on the body), and women also experience abnormal conditions such as amenorrhea.

3. Unexplained headaches accompanied by decreased vision and visual field defects, but no eye problems were found during ophthalmological examinations. If you have any of the above problems, you must seek medical attention in a timely manner and do not delay the treatment.