Pituitary. The tumor can be cured!
A pituitary gland is called the endocrine gland,located deep in the brain, responsible for the activities of other endocrine glands. It is localized in the Turkish saddle, placed in the sphenoid bone. It is from the hypophysis of envy that timely growth, maturation of organs, control of their functions.
An enlarged pituitary gland provokes an inadequatebehavior due to hormonal failures. Recent studies have shown that, for example, in male homosexuals, the pituitary gland is several times increased. Therefore, the desire of a man to a man should be considered not dissoluteness, but a serious deviation from the norm.
At the age of 30-40 years for men and women canthere is a pituitary tumor. Often these are benign, less often malignant neoplasms of the anterior or posterior lobe to which the pituitary gland is exposed. A tumor can be formed for various reasons, many of which have not yet been established. Of the known, there are often:
• Effects on the fetus during pregnancy
• Head injuries
• Sinusitis
• Genetic predisposition (not accurate)
When a trauma or infection damages the pituitary gland,a tumor, depending on the location of the dislocation, can be located in its anterior (the so-called adenohypophysis) or posterior (neurohypophysis) part. Neoplasms can extend beyond the Turkish saddle or remain within its borders.
On the structure of tumors, whichthe pituitary gland is exposed, the tumor can be malignant or benign. On the functionality hormonal inactive (insidentalomy) or active. The latter are more common.
Hormonal active tumors produce an inappropriate amount of hormones that affect growth or, on the contrary, depression, of various organs or body structures.
For example, there may be such deviations:
• central hypothyroidism - abnormal thyroid function
• acromegaly, in which the individual parts of the body increase greatly in size
• gigantism - increased proportional growth of children, exceeding in many times all the norms
• Cushing's disease, in which excessive production of cortisone in the adrenal cortex is observed.
In addition to these diseases, a very wide spectrum of deviations is also possible.
If the pituitary gland, whose tumor is diagnosed, is not treated, the prognosis may be most unfavorable.
To diagnose an enlarged pituitary gland or its tumor, in addition to visual and ophthalmological examination, the following are recommended:
• Urine and blood tests for the number of hormones. It allows to establish the presence of a tumor, its variety
• X-ray of the skull, magnetic resonance imaging of the head, computed tomography. Allow to visually observe the tumor, its size, changes in the bones of the skull, other abnormalities
• angiography, in which the vessels of the brain are examined. With its help you can see the displacement of the carotid artery, the presence of an aneurysm.
• Studies of cerebrospinal fluid. Determines the level of proteins.
Treatment of the pituitary gland can be surgical, medicinal or radiation. The specific treatment is determined by a neurosurgeon or endocrinologist depending on the type of tumor, the location of its localization.
The most effective method is deletionpituitary gland or part thereof. Depending on the size of the tumor and the location of its placement, the operation can be of low traumatic, carried out with the aid of optical instruments, or classical. This operation is performed through resection of the sphenoid bone.
Any surgical intervention is usually supplemented with radiation and hormone replacement therapy.
In addition, alternative treatment has been developedpituitary gland, which implies deep freezing of the tumor with a special probe, which is inserted through the skull into the pituitary gland. This method is more effective than others in the treatment of, for example, Parkinson's disease.
