New Insights in the Management of Antipsychotics in the Treatment of Schizophrenia in a Patient with Prolactinoma: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
Prolactinomas are the commonest pituitary adenomas and the major pathological cause of hyperprolactinaemia. Symptomatic prolactinomas are treated mainly by dopamine agonists; surgery and radiotherapy are options for nonresponders. Schizophrenia treatment is based on antipsychotics, which acts mainl...
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| author | Elvis Henrique Santos Andrade Pedro Mario Pan Paula F. Ramalho da Silva Ary Gadelha |
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| description | Prolactinomas are the commonest pituitary adenomas and the major pathological cause of hyperprolactinaemia. Symptomatic prolactinomas are treated mainly by dopamine agonists; surgery and radiotherapy are options for nonresponders. Schizophrenia treatment is based on antipsychotics, which acts mainly at serotonergic and dopaminergic systems. We report a case of a 39-year-old schizophrenic male patient that was diagnosed with a macroprolactinoma 8 years after his first psychotic episode. The association of Schizophrenia and prolactinoma represents a clinical challenge once the treatment of one disease can exacerbate the symptoms of the other. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-ed31af5d279f4d509cd72b536191f14b2025-02-03T07:25:26ZengWileyCase Reports in Medicine1687-96271687-96352010-01-01201010.1155/2010/573252573252New Insights in the Management of Antipsychotics in the Treatment of Schizophrenia in a Patient with Prolactinoma: A Case Report and Review of the LiteratureElvis Henrique Santos Andrade0Pedro Mario Pan1Paula F. Ramalho da Silva2Ary Gadelha3Psychiatry Department, Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP), 04023-900 São Paulo , BrazilPsychiatry Department, Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP), 04023-900 São Paulo , BrazilPsychiatry Department, Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP), 04023-900 São Paulo , BrazilPsychiatry Department, Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP), 04023-900 São Paulo , BrazilProlactinomas are the commonest pituitary adenomas and the major pathological cause of hyperprolactinaemia. Symptomatic prolactinomas are treated mainly by dopamine agonists; surgery and radiotherapy are options for nonresponders. Schizophrenia treatment is based on antipsychotics, which acts mainly at serotonergic and dopaminergic systems. We report a case of a 39-year-old schizophrenic male patient that was diagnosed with a macroprolactinoma 8 years after his first psychotic episode. The association of Schizophrenia and prolactinoma represents a clinical challenge once the treatment of one disease can exacerbate the symptoms of the other.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/573252 |
| spellingShingle | Elvis Henrique Santos Andrade Pedro Mario Pan Paula F. Ramalho da Silva Ary Gadelha New Insights in the Management of Antipsychotics in the Treatment of Schizophrenia in a Patient with Prolactinoma: A Case Report and Review of the Literature Case Reports in Medicine |
| title | New Insights in the Management of Antipsychotics in the Treatment of Schizophrenia in a Patient with Prolactinoma: A Case Report and Review of the Literature |
| title_full | New Insights in the Management of Antipsychotics in the Treatment of Schizophrenia in a Patient with Prolactinoma: A Case Report and Review of the Literature |
| title_fullStr | New Insights in the Management of Antipsychotics in the Treatment of Schizophrenia in a Patient with Prolactinoma: A Case Report and Review of the Literature |
| title_full_unstemmed | New Insights in the Management of Antipsychotics in the Treatment of Schizophrenia in a Patient with Prolactinoma: A Case Report and Review of the Literature |
| title_short | New Insights in the Management of Antipsychotics in the Treatment of Schizophrenia in a Patient with Prolactinoma: A Case Report and Review of the Literature |
| title_sort | new insights in the management of antipsychotics in the treatment of schizophrenia in a patient with prolactinoma a case report and review of the literature |
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