Complications
- Severe headache
- Arthritis and carpal tunnel syndrome
- Enlarged heart
- Hypertension
- Diabetes mellitus
- Heart failure
- Kidney failure
- Compression of the optic chiasm leading to loss of vision in the outer visual fields (typically bitemporal hemianopia)
- Increased palmar sweating and sebum production over the face (seborrhea) are clinical indicators of active growth hormone (GH) producing pituitary tumors. These symptoms can also be used to monitor the activity of the tumor after surgery although biochemical monitoring is confirmatory.
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