[Hyperprolactinemia and hypophyseal tumors--results of treatment with bromocriptine]

Forty-one patients with hyperprolactinemia are presented. They were divided into two groups. In the first group, 11 or 27% women had radiological evidence of a pituitary tumour. Seven of 11 patients conceived by means of the bromocryptine treatment. The visual impairment in one patient in the tenth week of pregnancy disappeared after the re-institution of bromocryptine. The values of prolactin in this group varied between 4000 and 7000 mIE/ml. In the second group, 30 or 73% women were without radiological evidence of a pituitary tumour. The values of prolactin in this group ranged from 1200 to 5000 mIE/ml. Fourteen of 30 patients conceived by means of the bromocryptine treatment.