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ea0011p500 | Endocrine tumours and neoplasia | ECE2006

Development of dopamine agonist resistance and progression from microadenoma to macroadenoma in two women with hyperprolactinaemia

McCall D , Hunter SJ , Cooke RS , Herron B , Sheridan B , Atkinson AB

Dopamine agonist therapy is an effective long-term treatment in >90% of patients with hyperprolactinaemia, controlling both prolactin secretion and tumour growth. We describe the unusual late emergence of resistance to high-dose dopamine agonist treatment in two recent female patients. Both women presented with secondary amenorrhoea, were shown to have high prolactin levels and a pituitary microadenoma. Each had an excellent initial response to bromocriptine but years late...