Endocrine Abstracts

Background: This study was conducted to determine whether prolactin (PRL) influences radiological findings of benign breast lesions.Patients and methods: We observed 50 patients with nipple discharge: 23 patients with normal serum prolactin levels (group 1; n=23) and 27 patients with hyperprolactinemia (group 2a; n=27). Patients observed during this study underwent breast ultrasonography (US) and mammography. Patients with hyperprolactinemi...

Background: The aim of this study was to compare the influence of medicamentous and physiological hyperprolactinemia on bone turnover in female rats.Methods: Experimental animals (18 weeks old, Wistar female rats) were divided in the following groups: Group I: 9 rats, three week pregnant; Group II: ten female rats that were i.m. administrated Sulpirid (10 mg/kg) twice daily for three weeks; Group III: ten female rats that were i.m. administrated Sulpirid...