Pituitary adenomas and lower back/leg pain

Hi. I had been asking for the last year if anyone with a pituitary adenoma, or specifically a tshnoma like me had strong lower back and leg pain, and I did get a few people saying yes but no one knew what it was. So I think I might have found out.

I had gamma knife in December and the pain is way better, some months are worse, but apparently it's part of recovery. Anyways, I had a lumbar MRI to check if there was an issue there and the doctors found spondylolisthesis, which apparently is when: a spinal condition where one vertebra slips forward over the bone immediately below it, so it causes lower back and leg pain. Apparently there are different types like traumatic or degenerative, and since I know my tshnoma was causing osteopenia and basically most muscles/bones/cartilages in my body to deteriorate because of the central hyperthyroidism, it makes a LOT of sense that'd be the case

My neurosurgeon says level 1 and 2 can be treated with a corset and level 3 or 4 might need surgery. Basically that's what I found, if anyone with this type of tumor is trying to find the root of the pain might be that.

That's kind of it. I hope this can be of help to someone

Posted Jun 25, 2026, 6:58 AM UTC

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