Endocrine Abstracts

Relevance: Prolactinoma is an adenoma of the pituitary gland with the production and secretion of prolactin (PRL) in varying degrees, almost always benign, but, nevertheless, often clinically significant and causing difficulties in treatment. Often prolactinomas are classified according to size as microadenomas (less than 10 mm in diameter) or macroadenomas (more than 10 mm in diameter). More than 90% of prolactinomas are small, intrasellar tumors that rarely increase in size....

Introduction: Hyperprolactinemia is characterized by persistently elevated levels of prolactin in the blood serum, with its most common manifestation being a disruption of the reproductive system. Hyperprolactinemia contributes to inadequate endometrial preparation for pregnancy, insufficient implantation of the fertilized egg, and may also exert pathological effects on the production of gonadotropin hormones.Objective: To investigate the hormonal status...