2024
DOI: 10.61622/rbgo/2024fps04
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Hyperprolactinemia in women: diagnostic approach

Andrea Glezer,
Heraldo Mendes Garmes,
Leandro Kasuki
et al.

Abstract: Keypoints• Hyperprolactinemia (HPRL) is a cause of menstrual irregularity, galactorrhea, hypogonadism and infertility.• Serum prolactin measurement should only be performed in the presence of compatible symptoms and/or in the presence of a pituitary tumor, even with an incidental diagnosis. Dosage is not recommended as a routine examination. • There are several causes of HPRL. In most cases, it is caused by pregnancy, hypothalamic-pituitary disconnection or PRL-secreting pituitary adenomas (prolactinomas), or … Show more

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