Endocrine Abstracts

Objectives: Prolactin (PRL) normalization after 3 months of Cabergoline (CAB) treatment are useful predictors of responsiveness in patients with prolactinoma. However, differences within the PRL normalization cut-off value have not been identified.Methods: We reviewed the medical records of patients with prolactinomas who were treated with CAB as a primary drug at Severance Hospital. We included patients who had a full dataset of pituitary hormone assays...

Silent corticotroph adenomas (SCAs) are difficult to distinguish from other non-functioning pituitary adenomas (NFPAs) preoperatively. This study assessed the preoperative clinical parameters associated with SCAs. After excluding patients with increased 24-h urinary free cortisol, 341 patients who underwent surgery for NFPAs during 2011–2016 with available preoperative combined pituitary function test (CPFT) and immunohistochemical staining results were enrolled. The pati...