As most tumors respond readily to dopamine agonists in terms of reductions in prolactin levels and decreased volume, radiotherapy should now rarely be used in the treatment of prolactinoma.

This type of tumor is larger than a microprolactinoma but smaller than a giant prolactinoma. Your pituitary gland is a pea-size gland found at the base of your brain that secretes many hormones.

“Our findings should be very encouraging for both patients and physicians because it became apparent that every infertile patient with prolactinoma could conceive safely with ...

In multigenerational FIPA families, children/grandchildren present with pituitary tumors earlier than their parents/grandparents. Together, prolactinomas and somatotropinomas comprise 75% of the ...

In about 80% of families the gene causing the disease is unknown. The pituitary tumour types occurring in these families are most commonly growth hormone-secreting adenomas (causing acromegaly or ...

Familial isolated (i.e. no other organ's tumour is associated) pituitary adenomas were not formally described until 1967, when a prolactinoma family was reported (Linquette et al., 1967). This was ...

Pituitary tumors can disrupt hormone production in various ways, and the specific effects depend on the type of tumor and the ...