Pathologies Pituitary tumors

Our team has extensive neuro-oncological experience, allowing us to achieve optimal functional outcomes in the complex treatment of pediatric pituitary tumors. We work with other specialists in a first-class multidisciplinary team and in health centers with the most modern technological resources for diagnosis and treatment.

They are a heterogeneous group of neoplasms characterized by a wide variety of histological types and can originate in different areas of the sellar/pituitary region. The most common are craniopharygiomas, pituitary tumors, germinomas, and hamartomas.
Their characteristic symptoms include headache and impaired visual acuity, occasionally accompanied by a syndrome of intracranial hypertension secondary to hydrocephalus. They can cause endocrine disorders due to hormonal deficiency or hypersecretion, in addition to the mass effect. Alterations in the hypothalamic-pituitary axis and their impact on hormonal secretion lead to obesity, precocious puberty, galactorrhea, and diabetes insipidus. Rarely, they cause seizures and hemiparesis.
If you experience these clinical manifestations, please contact our team as soon as possible.
Diagnosis is made with complementary studies, such as computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). It is essential to have equipment that allows for specific and highly complex studies (volumetric tomography, CT angiography, MR angiography, spectroscopy, functional MRI, tractography, and neuronavigation, among others).

Treatment includes several options: surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and other therapies. Surgery is the primary modality for achieving a histological diagnosis (to determine the tumor type and define the optimal treatment) and reducing tumor volume.
We work in Health Centers with the most modern technological resources for diagnosis and treatment. Targeted therapies are currently being developed that are projected to offer new hope for the treatment of certain tumors. Cancer vaccines and gene therapy are some of these therapies, which seek to interfere with the growth of specific cancer cells.

Our team is a pioneer in minimally invasive techniques for the diagnosis and treatment of brain tumors. We are at the forefront and always seeking new alternatives that allow for better treatment and a definitive cure.