to walk
A medical team at Aseer Central Hospital led by Dr. Ali Al-Zarei, Consultant of Nose and Sinus Diseases and Laparoscopic Surgery, Laparoscopic Anterior Skull Bottom Surgeon, Dr. Awad Al-Shehri, Consultant Neurosurgery Head of the Department of Neurosurgery, Dr. Abdullah Al-Hilali, and their assisting team managed to perform a tumor removal In the endoscopic pituitary gland of a Saudi patient who was suffering from severe back pain resulting from fractures in the back vertebrae and severe osteoporosis, which made her lose the ability to walk.
This was explained by the media spokesman for the health of the Asir Saeed Al-Naqir region.
He said that the patient went to the hospital after her problem worsened and became bedridden and had stains, dry skin, weight gain with high blood sugar and high blood pressure, and all these symptoms were due to a benign tumor in the pituitary gland that caused the secretion of a large amount of the stimulating hormone. To the adrenal gland, to secrete the cortisone hormone at high rates, and the case was diagnosed by consultant endocrinologist Dr. Hussein Jahlan, and Dr. Hanan Al-Qahtani, specialist in internal medicine, where the tumor was determined by magnetic resonance imaging and CT scans, and then the patient was referred to the surgical team, It is worth noting that after the operation, the patient was able to walk and go about her normal life.
