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ea0007p107 | Endocrine tumours and neoplasia | BES2004

Prevalence of hypopituitarism in patients with prolactin-secreting pituitary microadenomas

Behan L , Seoighe D , Agha A , Sherlock M , Ryan J , Rogers B , Thompson C

Microprolactinomas are considered not to cause pituitary hormone dysfunction, but there is little data available on the prevalence of hormone deficiencies. We aimed to establish the frequency of pituitary hormone dysfunction in patients with hyperprolactinaemia.We examined the casenotes of 124 consecutive patients (85 females) with documented hyperprolactinemia from our pituitary data-base. 52 patients had macroadenomas (tumour > 1cm diameter), 64 mic...