ea0011p500 | Endocrine tumours and neoplasia | ECE2006
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...