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[A case of oligozoospermia with marginal hyperprolactinemia due to pituitary microadenoma]
M Kawano1, R Yasumoto, T Tsujino
1Department of Urology, Osaka Municipal Juso Citizens' Hospital, Japan.
Hinyokika Kiyo. Acta Urologica Japonica
|April 1, 1996
Abstract:
We present an infertility male with prolactin level of 37.5 ng/ml. The patient had pituitary microadenoma detected by Gd-DTPA enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). After bromocriptine was administrated for 4 months, the size of microadenoma decreased, and sperm density and mortality improved. His wife became pregnant after 6 months. Dynamic MRI is a useful modality for detection of pituitary microadenoma, and bromocriptine is also useful for treatment of oligospermic patients with marginal hyperprolactinemia.