Endocrine Abstracts

In prolactin secreting pituitary adenomas, surgery markedly reduced with the efficacy of dopamine agonists in controlling prolactin hypersecretion and reducing tumor mass. Some surgeons, instead of necessity of almost life-long medical therapy, prefer and recommend surgery as a first line treatment with potentially high success rates especially in microprolactinomas. We evaluated our patients with prolactinoma operated mostly without any evidence of resistance or intolerance t...