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What do you suggest if my mom is suffering from pituitary macroadenoma what to do and i am cnfuse due to doctors please help?

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Pituitary tumors: Hi. Pituitary tumors can cause problems by: overproduction of a pituitary hormone, harming normal pituitary hormone production (e.g., compressing normal pituitary tissue and/or pituitary stalk), mass effect, visual field disturbances (by compressing the optic chiasm), headache, hemorrhage, etc. Macroadenomas can be functioning, non-functioning, stable size, or growing, & influence the above issues

Answered 4/5/2016

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