Disconnection hyperprolactinaemia in nonadenomatous sellar/parasellar lesions practically never exceeds 2000 mU/l

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 602-603

  Korevaar, T ^a   Wass, J A H ^a   Grossman, A B ^a   Karavitaki, N ^a  

^a CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; CISAPRIDE; CITALOPRAM; CODEINE; ESTROGEN; FLUOXETINE; MORPHINE; OMEPRAZOLE; PHENYTOIN; PROLACTIN; RANITIDINE; VERAPAMIL;

ADENOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON FUNCTIONING ADENOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROLACTIN RELEASE; PROLACTINOMA; SELLA TURCICA TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROLACTIN; SELLA TURCICA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857880078     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: 13652265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2011.04226.x     Document Type: Letter

References (4)

1. Ross, R.J.M., Grossman, A., Bouloux, P. et al. (1985) The relationship between serum prolactin and immunocytochemical staining for prolactin in patients with pituitary macroadenomas. Clinical Endocrinology, 23, 227-235. (Pubitemid 16218798)
2. Bevan, J.S., Burke, C.W., Esiri, M.M. et al. (1987) Misinterpretation of prolactin levels leading to management errors in patients with sellar enlargement. American Journal of Medicine, 82, 29-32. (Pubitemid 17087029)
3. Karavitaki, N., Thanabalasingham, G., Shore, H.C.A. et al. (2006) Do the limits of serum prolactin in disconnection hyperprolactinaemia need re-definition? A study of 226 patients with histologically verified non-functioning pituitary macroadenoma Clinical Endocrinology, 65, 524-529. (Pubitemid 44414278)
4. Smith, T.P., Suliman, A.M., Fahie-Wilson, M.N. et al. (2002) Gross variability in the detection of prolactin in sera containing big big prolactin (macroprolactin) by commercial immunoassays. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 87, 5410-5415. (Pubitemid 36034335)