A laboratory abnormality during the evaluation of erectile dysfunction in a young man leads clinicians to identify ...

A prolactinoma is a benign pituitary tumor that makes the hormone prolactin. While these tumors aren’t life threatening, they can cause fertility challenges and vision problems. Most are treated with ...

The pituitary gland is a pea-sized gland at the base of your brain. It makes several different hormones, including one called prolactin. Prolactin affects the mammary glands and helps women make ...

A 52-year-old man was referred to our clinic for the evaluation and management of a large pituitary mass. He went to the ED reporting 2 months of worsening intermittent and severe, squeezing occipital ...

Pituitary adenomas are tumors that start in your pituitary gland. They’re usually noncancerous and grow slowly. Prolactinomas are pituitary adenomas that secrete the hormone prolactin. Pituitary ...

This page lists all known medications that could potentially lead to 'Prolactinoma' as a side effect. It's important to note that mild side effects are quite common with medications. The medication(s) ...

Nat Clin Pract Endocrinol Metab. 2006;2(6):298-299. Clearly, dopamine agonists should not be withdrawn too early, and certainly not before completion of 12 months' treatment. Until more is known about ...

I was a 27-year-old working as a freelance photographer and writer in Phoenix, Arizona, when I started having irregular periods. It was the spring of 2018, and I began to have spotting outside of my ...

Dizziness is a common complaint in primary care clinics and can enter the diagnostic profile of different pathologies spanning from psychiatric problems to vestibular dysfunction. Episodes of vertigo ...

The mechanism of action of dopamine agonists in tumor shrinkage and the lowering of prolactin levels is complex. These drugs initially reduce both the number and size of intracellular prolactin ...