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Navya Konindala1, Ravi Paluri2, Hima Darapu1
1Department of Endocrinology, Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA.
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Aggressive prolactinomas are rare and pose considerable therapeutic challenges, especially in cases refractory to conventional treatments, including dopamine agonists, surgery, and radiotherapy. We present a case of a 77-year-old man with refractory, treatment-resistant macroprolactinoma and describe the sequential use of capecitabine temozolomide, olaparib bevacizumab, pembrolizumab, and pazopanib. Despite disease progression on multiple lines of therapy, pazopanib achieved disease stability, after which the tumor demonstrated slow progression. This case highlights the urgent need for novel therapeutic approaches and predictive biomarkers in managing refractory aggressive prolactinomas.

