ALLMedicine™ Prolactinoma Center

Aug 9th, 2022 - Prolactinoma is a pituitary adenoma caused by excessive prolactin secretion. More than 70% of patients are women. Many physiological conditions such as pregnancy, breastfeeding, breast stimulation, stress, exercise and sleep can also increase PRL ...

Aug 4th, 2022 - Prolactin, a hormone synthesized by the anterior pituitary gland demonstrates promise as a neuroprotective agent, however, its role in humans and in vivo during injury is not fully understood. To investigate whether elevated levels of prolactin at...

Jul 22nd, 2022 - Sex differences in the control of prolactin secretion are well documented. Sex-related differences in intrapituitary factors regulating lactotroph function have recently attracted attention. Sex differences in prolactinoma development are well doc...

Jul 20th, 2022 - Giant prolactinoma (GP) in childhood and adolescence is a rare entity with scarce literature. We aimed to describe clinical features, biochemistry, radiology, genetics, management, and outcome in pediatric (≤ 20 years) GP. Retrospective record rev...

Jul 12th, 2022 - Prolactinomas are the most frequent pituitary tumor subtype. Despite most of them respond to medical treatment, a proportion are resistant and become a challenge in clinical management. Wnt/β-Catenin pathway has been implicated in several cancers ...

Apr 9th, 2011 - The aim was to formulate practice guidelines for endocrine evaluation and treatment of pituitary incidentalomas. Consensus was guided by systematic reviews of evidence and discussions through a series of conference calls and e-mails and one in-per...

Aug 9th, 2022 - Prolactinoma is a pituitary adenoma caused by excessive prolactin secretion. More than 70% of patients are women. Many physiological conditions such as pregnancy, breastfeeding, breast stimulation, stress, exercise and sleep can also increase PRL ...

Mar 31st, 2022 - KRANIOPHARYNGEOM Registry 2019 will prospectively collect and descriptively analyse data on diagnostics, treatment, and follow-up of patients with craniopharyngioma. In continuation of preceding studies also patients with xanthogranuloma, meningio...

Sep 13th, 2021 - Type 1 diabetes (T1D) continues to be a disease plagued by hyperglycemia, insulin resistance (IR), and increased cardiovascular disease (CVD) despite advances in insulin delivery and glucose monitoring. Therefore new approaches are needed. Bromocr...

Sep 8th, 2021 - Recent epidemiological studies indicate that clinically relevant PiT have a prevalence around 1%. The Neuromed Scientific Institute for Research and Cure (IRCCS) is a third referral center for the diagnosis and treatment of patients with hypothala...

Jun 22nd, 2021 - This is a single-site validation study of a novel quality of life study for patients undergoing medical therapy for prolactinoma. Patients will be consented before starting their medical regimen and complete the "Prolac-10" questionnaire for basel...

May 25th, 2022 - Researchers published the study covered in this summary on medRxiv.org as a preprint that has not yet been peer reviewed. Key Takeaways Patients with hyperprolactinemia secondary to a newly diagnosed prolactinoma who received 6 months of treatment...

Oct 28th, 2020 - When there is an abnormality in the pituitary gland, many potential areas could be affected because of the extent and range of hormones produced by the “master gland,” Ashlyn Smith, PA-C, of Endocrinology Associates, Scottsdale, Ariz. , said in a p.

Apr 26th, 2018 - What if the tumor grows in pregnancy? During pregnancy, high estrogen levels from the placenta can stimulate prolactinoma growth, and the dopamine agonist’s inhibitory effect is gone once that medication’s been stopped. This means that “We have bo.

Feb 1st, 2012 - A 29-year-old woman with a history of frequent migraines presented to her primary care provider for a refill of medication. For the past two years she had been taking rizatriptan 10 mg, but with little relief.

Nov 1st, 2011 - A 42-year-old obese woman with type 2 diabetes, diabetic retinopathy, hypertension, and hirsutism presents to discuss an elevated prolactin level of 144. 8 ng/mL (normal range, 4.