HYPERPROLACTINEMIA AND INFERTILITY FOLLOWING CRANIAL IRRADIATION FOR BRAIN-TUMORS - SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT WITH BROMOCRIPTINE

Authors
PETTERSON T MACFARLANE IA FOY PM HUGHES HJ JONES B SHAW D
Citation
T. Petterson et al., HYPERPROLACTINEMIA AND INFERTILITY FOLLOWING CRANIAL IRRADIATION FOR BRAIN-TUMORS - SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT WITH BROMOCRIPTINE, British journal of neurosurgery, 7(5), 1993, pp. 571-574
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Neurosciences,Surgery
Journal title
British journal of neurosurgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
02688697
Volume
7
Issue
5
Year of publication
1993
Pages
571 - 574
Database
ISI
SICI code
0268-8697(1993)7:5<571:HAIFCI>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
Two young women developed oligomenorrhoea and galactorrhoea 4 and 7 ye ars after whole brain irradiation for brain tumours. Both had mild hyp erprolactinaemia due to irradiation-induced hypothalamic damage. In bo th patients, oral bromocriptine normalized prolactin levels and menstr uation resumed. One patient then had a successful pregnancy.