The pituitary gland is a pea-sized gland at the base of your brain. It makes several different hormones, including one called prolactin. Prolactin affects the mammary glands and helps women make ...

A prolactinoma is a benign pituitary tumor that makes the hormone prolactin. While these tumors aren’t life threatening, they can cause fertility challenges and vision problems. Most are treated with ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A 52-year-old man was referred to our clinic for the evaluation and management of a large pituitary mass. He ...

Nat Clin Pract Endocrinol Metab. 2006;2(6):298-299. Clearly, dopamine agonists should not be withdrawn too early, and certainly not before completion of 12 months' treatment. Until more is known about ...

This page lists all known medications that could potentially lead to 'Prolactinoma' as a side effect. It's important to note that mild side effects are quite common with medications. The medication(s) ...

Pituitary adenomas are tumors that start in your pituitary gland. They’re usually noncancerous and grow slowly. Prolactinomas are pituitary adenomas that secrete the hormone prolactin. Pituitary ...

Dizziness is a common complaint in primary care clinics and can enter the diagnostic profile of different pathologies spanning from psychiatric problems to vestibular dysfunction. Episodes of vertigo ...

I was a 27-year-old working as a freelance photographer and writer in Phoenix, Arizona, when I started having irregular periods. It was the spring of 2018, and I began to have spotting outside of my ...

Erectile dysfunction predominantly affects older men after prostatectomy for cancer. However, young men can also be affected; a case report by Kai-Philipp Linse, MD, and Martin Hartmann, MD, PhD, in ...