Galactorrhea with menstrual irregularity: something other than a prolactinoma?

We report the case of a 29-year-old female who presented with galactorrhea and irregular menstrual periods. Laboratory tests showed elevated levels of serum prolactin, raising the possibility of a prolactinoma. However, further evaluation revealed an unusual and unexpected cause for her illness.

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Autores principales: Naha, Kushal, Prabhu, Mukhyaprana
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hellenic Society of Gastroenterology 2011
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3982619/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24733533
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spelling pubmed-39826192014-04-14 Galactorrhea with menstrual irregularity: something other than a prolactinoma? Naha, Kushal Prabhu, Mukhyaprana Ann Gastroenterol Case Report We report the case of a 29-year-old female who presented with galactorrhea and irregular menstrual periods. Laboratory tests showed elevated levels of serum prolactin, raising the possibility of a prolactinoma. However, further evaluation revealed an unusual and unexpected cause for her illness. Hellenic Society of Gastroenterology 2011 /pmc/articles/PMC3982619/ /pubmed/24733533 Text en Copyright: © Hellenic Society of Gastroenterology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Galactorrhea with menstrual irregularity: something other than a prolactinoma?
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title_fullStr Galactorrhea with menstrual irregularity: something other than a prolactinoma?
title_full_unstemmed Galactorrhea with menstrual irregularity: something other than a prolactinoma?
title_short Galactorrhea with menstrual irregularity: something other than a prolactinoma?
title_sort galactorrhea with menstrual irregularity: something other than a prolactinoma?
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