Pituitary tumor pregnancy

If a woman has a pituitary tumor, she cannot become pregnant without medication. This is related to the abnormal secretion of some hormones caused by the pituitary tumor. Many women are even diagnosed with pituitary tumors during infertility tests. Pituitary tumors can cause prolactin secretion to be dozens of times higher than normal, thereby affecting the ovaries, reducing the secretion of estrogen and progesterone, and leading to female infertility; pregnancy can be achieved through estrogen injections. The editor will give a detailed introduction below.

Pregnancy precautions for pituitary tumors

Many young women find out that they have pituitary tumors because of infertility. After treatment, the sex hormone levels of some women return to normal and they are able to become pregnant. In this case, can they continue to have a normal pregnancy?

Brain tumor experts say that pituitary tumor patients can have a normal pregnancy after their condition stabilizes, but they need to be closely observed and stop taking medication for a period of time.

Pregnancy observation

Pay attention to headaches, check the visual field regularly (at 20, 28, and 38 weeks of gestation), and perform MRI if any abnormalities are found.

Stop taking medication during pregnancy

Stop taking the drug immediately after pregnancy. Although the drug is not teratogenic, late-stage tumors are unlikely to grow larger. For patients with large adenomas, medication can be used again if the adenoma increases during pregnancy.

Follow-up after delivery

Recheck endocrine function (also known as six hormone tests) 10 to 12 weeks after delivery.

Pituitary tumor

Pituitary tumors are a group of tumors that arise from the anterior and posterior pituitary and residual cells of the craniopharyngeal epithelium. About 10% of intracranial tumors have obvious clinical symptoms. Pituitary tumors are slightly more common in men than in women. They usually occur in young and middle-aged people and often affect the patient's growth, development, reproductive function, learning and work ability. The clinical manifestations include abnormal hormone secretion syndrome, tumor compression of the surrounding pituitary tissue syndrome, pituitary apoplexy and other manifestations of anterior pituitary hypofunction.