Hyperprolactinemia associated to calcification of the pituitary stalk: case report
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 c...
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| author | OLIVEIRA MIRIAM DA COSTA CREMONESE RAFAEL PIZARRO CRISTINA |
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| description | 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. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-11f917cd9bcc4452977c9f10182399392025-08-20T02:01:54ZengThieme Revinter PublicaçõesArquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria0004-282X1678-42271998-01-01562289291Hyperprolactinemia associated to calcification of the pituitary stalk: case reportOLIVEIRA MIRIAM DA COSTACREMONESE RAFAELPIZARRO CRISTINAIn 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.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X1998000200020pituitary glandprolactinhyperprolactinemiapituitary stalkcalcification |
| spellingShingle | OLIVEIRA MIRIAM DA COSTA CREMONESE RAFAEL PIZARRO CRISTINA Hyperprolactinemia associated to calcification of the pituitary stalk: case report Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria pituitary gland prolactin hyperprolactinemia pituitary stalk calcification |
| title | Hyperprolactinemia associated to calcification of the pituitary stalk: case report |
| title_full | Hyperprolactinemia associated to calcification of the pituitary stalk: case report |
| title_fullStr | Hyperprolactinemia associated to calcification of the pituitary stalk: case report |
| title_full_unstemmed | Hyperprolactinemia associated to calcification of the pituitary stalk: case report |
| title_short | Hyperprolactinemia associated to calcification of the pituitary stalk: case report |
| title_sort | hyperprolactinemia associated to calcification of the pituitary stalk case report |
| topic | pituitary gland prolactin hyperprolactinemia pituitary stalk calcification |
| url | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X1998000200020 |
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