Question 1

i was diagnosed with a very small pituitary adenoma, and simply want to know how often do such benign tumors lead to acromegaly?

Accepted Answer

It depends : How do you FEEL? Little adenoids are common. Is your HCG level up when suppression is attempted? Serum IGF-1 been checked? How do your clothes fit? A tiny prolactinoma can ruin a man’s sex Life despite normal testosterone. Or nothing can happen..

Question 2

my former endocrinologist told me that i was likely going to develop cancer from several mris i have had to follow a pituitary adenoma and benign liver tumor.  are mris causing cancer in patients?

Accepted Answer

Unlikely : Mris do deliver quite a bit of radiation but i think the dr was trying to discourage you from wanting more, but not in a way i would!

Question 3

can benign tumors become fatal?

Accepted Answer

Not usually.: By definition a benign tumor is not aggressive,  slow growing, will not spread to other sites, but could cause harm to surrounding tissues.  So a benign brain tumor or heart tumor could eventually become life threatening if it was ignored, but that would be a very unusual turn of events.

Question 4

could benign tumors still kill you?

Accepted Answer

Yes: Benign tumors, especially in the brain , can kill  you as they can grow and damage adjacent brain or cause increased  pressure on the brain.  Benign lung or GI tumors can cause obstructive pneumonia or bowel obstruction with dire consequences.  Benign tumors in virtually any organ can cause irreparable damage if growth is unchecked or the tumors are not removed. Expert consultation is important.

Question 5

would a benign tumor have a blood supply?

Accepted Answer

Yes: Any existing tissue in the body will have some source of nourishment (blood supply) or it would disappear.

Question 6

what is a benign tumor of cartilage known as?

Accepted Answer

Chondroma: For themost part chondromas are benign.  However the position of the lesion which usually results from excess stimulation of growth hormone is important.  The more peripheral the lesion is in terms of centricity, the chance is that the tumor will not have an aggressive behavior.  If the lesion occurs around the pelvic girdle rather than distal extremity, it can behave aggressively.

Question 7

how should you address an odontoma (benign tumor)?

Accepted Answer

Depends on location: A definitive diagnosis of an odontoma can only be established after removal, but x-rays can give a good indication.
Often,  an odontoma is preventing eruption of teeth and it that case it should be removed as soon as possible. Often it is removed just to make sure it is benign.
If there are no symptoms and periodic x-rays are unchanged for multiple years it is reasonable to continue observation.

Question 8

were benign tumors possibly malignant at one time?

Accepted Answer

Possible, not likely: Benign tumors can turn malignant but malignant tumors would rarely, if ever, (i never say never!) become benign except as a result of total tumor destruction by chemotherapy or radiation therapy.  Although all tumor is killed, there can be a residual smaller mass because of scar and other tissue.  Such a "benign" tumor could sit stable for years and then regrow from residual "dormant" tumor cells.

Question 9

do benign tumors have spread or just malignant ones?

Accepted Answer

Benign vs malignant : Benign tumors do not spread.

Question 10

does someone go through chemotherapy for a benign tumor?

Accepted Answer

No: Chemotherapy is not recommended for  benign lesions.  The major reason is that the chemo is direacted to various regions of the cancer cell to interfer in metabolic pathways by altering gere and nuclear DNA function.  Even when optimally functioning because of toxicity and additional side effects use should be limited.  Malignant stem cells resistent to chemo regrow to reappear in original field.

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I was diagnosed with a very small pituitary adenoma, and simply want to know how often do such benign tumors lead to acromegaly?

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My former endocrinologist told me that i was likely going to develop cancer from several mris i have had to follow a pituitary adenoma and benign liver tumor. are mris causing cancer in patients?

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Can benign tumors become fatal?

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Could benign tumors still kill you?

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Would a benign tumor have a blood supply?

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What is a benign tumor of cartilage known as?

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How should you address an odontoma (benign tumor)?

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Were benign tumors possibly malignant at one time?

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Do benign tumors have spread or just malignant ones?

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Does someone go through chemotherapy for a benign tumor?

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