Giant prolactinoma and hook effect

Neurology

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1415-1416

  Pakzaban, Peyman ^a  

^a Houston Neurosurgery and Spine Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROMOCRIPTINE; PROLACTIN;

ADULT; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; IMMUNORADIOMETRIC ASSAY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROLACTINOMA;

EID: 0034649388     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.55.9.1415     Document Type: Article

References (3)

1. Giant pituitary prolactinoma with falsely low serum prolactin: The pitfall of the 'high-dose hook effect': Case report
2. Pituitary adenomas secreting large amounts of prolactin may give false low values in immunoradiometric assays. The hook effect
3. High prolactin levels may be missed by immunoradiometric assays in patients with macroprolactinomas