What is pituitary adenoma?

Pituitary adenomas are typically benign, slow-growing tumors that arise from cells in the pituitary gland that are generally thought of as either hormone-producing that produce an active hormone in excessive amounts or hormone-inactive tumors that may cause problems related to the size of the tumor.

How do members experience pituitary adenoma?

Top 5 symptoms reported by people with pituitary adenoma*

*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.

Top treatments taken by people for pituitary adenoma*

Who has pituitary adenoma on PatientsLikeMe?

Age

Age Proportion # of patients
<20 0
20s 15
30s 50
40s 65
50s 92
60s 67
70+ 23

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 71
Female 240

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What is pituitary adenoma?

Pituitary adenomas are typically benign, slow-growing tumors that arise from cells in the pituitary gland that are generally thought of as either hormone-producing that produce an active hormone in excessive amounts or hormone-inactive tumors that may cause problems related to the size of the tumor.



Common symptoms reported by people with pituitary adenoma

Common symptoms
How bad it is
What people are taking for it

Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.
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Treatments taken by people for pituitary adenoma

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Compare treatments taken by people with pituitary adenoma

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Who has pituitary adenoma on PatientsLikeMe?

  • 1 new patients joined this month
  • 134 say pituitary adenoma is their primary condition

Age
Age Proportion # of patients
<20 0
20s 15
30s 50
40s 65
50s 92
60s 67
70+ 23
Age at first symptom
Age at first symptom Proportion # of patients
0-19 years 14
20-29 years 27
30-39 years 35
40-49 years 31
50-59 years 8
60-69 years 0
70+ years 0

Distribution of sex

Sex
Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 71
Female 240

Diagnosis status
Diagnosis status Proportion # of patients
Diagnosed 172
Not Diagnosed 4

These charts show data from pituitary adenoma patients who have completed their condition history
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