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A 49-year-old male asked:

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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Dr. Ed Friedlander
Dr. Ed Friedlanderanswered
Pathology 46 years experience
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..
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