Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Measurement of the anterior pituitary hormone prolactin is often performed in patients with pituitary pathology. Mild hyperprolactinemia occurs in subjects with hypothalamic disorders and/or pituitary stalk dysfunction, and is also described in patients with isolated optic nerve hypoplasia (ONH), this is proposed to be due to decreased dopaminergic tone.Objective: To assess prolactin levels in patients with septo-optic dysplasia (SOD) (with...