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Sarcoidosis and Hyperprolactinemia
Annals of Internal Medicine, 1974Excerpt To the editor: Elevated serum prolactin levels have been reported in various clinical disorders, including pituitary tumors, hypothyroidism, pituitary stalk section, uremia, after the admin...
William B. Malarkey, Yash P. Kataria
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Psychosomatic Aspects of Hyperprolactinemia
Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, 1983A review of some recent studies on the psychosomatic aspects of hyperprolactinemia is presented. Women seem to be more prone to suffer from the behavioral effects of prolactin than males. Women with hyperprolactinemic amenorrhea rated themselves significantly more hostile, more depressed and more anxious than women with amenorrhea only and other ...
Maurizio Fava +7 more
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Hyperprolactinemia and autoimmune diseases
Autoimmunity Reviews, 2007The autoimmune diseases are more common in females. The sex hormones have an important role in this gender bias, mainly estrogen and prolactin (PRL) which modulate the immune response. PRL is secreted from the pituitary gland and other organs and cells mainly the lymphocytes.
Yehuda Shoenfeld +2 more
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Drug-induced hyperprolactinemia
Drugs of Today, 2006Hyperprolactinemia is the most common biochemical abnormality currently encountered in clinical endocrinology. Hyperprolactinemic syndromes are a diverse group of disorders that are common in both men and women. Once the diagnosis of hyperprolactinemia has been established, the patient should be screened for the numerous causes of hormone ...
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Medical Treatment of Hyperprolactinemia
Hormone Research, 1985The current treatment of choice for primary hyperprolactinemia is medical. This is true not only for idiopathic forms, but also for micro- and macroprolactinomas, which are the most frequent causes of this pathology. Although questioned by some authors, the slow evolution of the illness, the rarity of transformation of a microadenoma into a ...
G. Lemaitre +11 more
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Hyperprolactinemia and lens opacities.
Annals of ophthalmology, 1992We report the presence of lens opacities in patients with prolactin-secreting microadenomas of the pituitary gland. The occurrence of lens opacities was related to prolactin serum levels and appeared only in women. The mechanism by which prolactin induces cataract is not known, although this hormone could affect the lens's permeability to ions, water ...
COSTAGLIOLA, Ciro +3 more
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Etiological diagnosis of hyperprolactinemia
Annales d'Endocrinologie, 2007There are numerous etiologies of hyperprolactinemia, a common reason for consultation. Diagnostic measures must be capable of identifying the tumors, the most frequent of which are prolactin adenomas. Hypothalamic-pituitary MRI is the reference morphological examination.
Rémy Sapin +3 more
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Hyperprolactinemia, distress, and hostility
American Journal of Psychiatry, 1984The scores of 14 women with hyperprolactinemia on the Symptom Rating Test and the Symptom Questionnaire were compared with those of nonpsychotic women attending a psychiatric clinic, women attending a family practice clinic, and female nonpatient employees.
Giovanni A. Fava +3 more
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Emotional Aspects of Hyperprolactinemia
Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, 1998Patients with hyperprolactinemia often present with emotional difficulties. These occasionally persist even after successful treatment. Insight into the roots of their diseased state makes a difference in the handling of all cases, but becomes crucial in the not-so-rare situations in which the normalization of hormonal levels is not followed by a ...
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