Cabergoline Treatment in Invasive Giant Prolactinoma

Patients with invasive giant prolactinoma suffer from a constellation of symptoms including headache, blurred vision, lethargy, and sexual dysfunction. Cabergoline, a potent dopamine agonist, is a known medication prescribed for the treatment of invasive giant prolactinoma. Here, we report a case of...

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Autores principales: Alsubaie, Sadeem, Almalki, Mussa H
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Libertas Academica 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4076446/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25002819
http://dx.doi.org/10.4137/CCRep.S15790
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description Patients with invasive giant prolactinoma suffer from a constellation of symptoms including headache, blurred vision, lethargy, and sexual dysfunction. Cabergoline, a potent dopamine agonist, is a known medication prescribed for the treatment of invasive giant prolactinoma. Here, we report a case of invasive giant prolactinoma in a 52-year-old Saudi male with dramatic response to cabergoline treatment clinically, biochemically, and radiologically.
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spelling pubmed-40764462014-07-07 Cabergoline Treatment in Invasive Giant Prolactinoma Alsubaie, Sadeem Almalki, Mussa H Clin Med Insights Case Rep Case Report Patients with invasive giant prolactinoma suffer from a constellation of symptoms including headache, blurred vision, lethargy, and sexual dysfunction. Cabergoline, a potent dopamine agonist, is a known medication prescribed for the treatment of invasive giant prolactinoma. Here, we report a case of invasive giant prolactinoma in a 52-year-old Saudi male with dramatic response to cabergoline treatment clinically, biochemically, and radiologically. Libertas Academica 2014-06-19 /pmc/articles/PMC4076446/ /pubmed/25002819 http://dx.doi.org/10.4137/CCRep.S15790 Text en © 2014 the author(s), publisher and licensee Libertas Academica Ltd. This is an open access article published under the Creative Commons CC-BY-NC 3.0 License.
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title_short Cabergoline Treatment in Invasive Giant Prolactinoma
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4076446/
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