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Hyperprolactinemia associated to calcification of the pituitary stalk. Case report
M da D Oliveira1, R Cremonese, C Pizarro
1Department of Endocrinology, Fundação Faculdade Federal de Ciências Médicas/Irmandade Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
Arquivos De Neuro-Psiquiatria
|August 12, 1998
Abstract:
In this work, the authors report the case of a female patient with 24 years of age with hyperprolactinemia, who presented a pituitary stalk calcification as seen by CT scan. Once other possible etiologies were excluded, we concluded that the calcification was probably related to hyperprolactinemia caused by interruption of the input of dopamine to the pituitary gland.