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....