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  • Title: Disorders of prolactin secretion.
    Author: Molitch ME.
    Journal: Endocrinol Metab Clin North Am; 2001 Sep; 30(3):585-610. PubMed ID: 11571932.
    Abstract:
    Prolactinomas are a common cause of reproductive/sexual dysfunction. Once other causes of hyperprolactinemia have been excluded with a careful history and physical examination, routine chemistries, and an assay for TSH, MR imaging, or CT will delineate the size and extent of the tumor. Medical therapy is the initial treatment of choice. When infertility is the primary indication for treatment, bromocriptine use has an extensive safety record and is preferred. For other indications, cabergoline seems to be more efficacious and better tolerated. Transsphenoidal surgery remains an option, especially for patients with microadenomas, when medical therapy is ineffective.
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