Hyperprolactinemia is a condition of the pituitary gland where too much prolactin is released into circulation, producing symptoms like decreased sex drive and infertility. Uncover tips on how to ...

Macroprolactinoma is a type of pituitary tumor that leads to excess production of the hormone prolactin. This type of tumor is larger than a microprolactinoma but smaller than a giant prolactinoma.

Currently, therapeutic management of hyperprolactinemia relies on dopamine agonists, since dopamine is the primary physiological suppressor of pituitary prolactin production. Epidemiologic studies ...

Whether dopamine-agonist withdrawal is associated with re-expansion of the tumor in patients who experience incomplete prolactin suppression with use of these drugs is not known. As most tumors ...

Thyroid stimulating hormone TRH Thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) stimulates the release of thyroid-stimulating hormone and prolactin by the anterior pituitary. Gonadotrophin-releasing hormone (also ...

The anterior part of the pituitary gland has 5 different cell types and adenomas can develop from each of the cells types: growth hormone cells, prolactin cells, ACTH cells, LH & FSH cells and TSH ...