SPINAL-CORD SURGERY AND GALACTORRHEA - A CASE-REPORT

Authors
FAUBION WA NADER S
Citation
Wa. Faubion et S. Nader, SPINAL-CORD SURGERY AND GALACTORRHEA - A CASE-REPORT, American journal of obstetrics and gynecology, 177(2), 1997, pp. 465-466
Citations number
2
Categorie Soggetti
Obsetric & Gynecology
Journal title
American journal of obstetrics and gynecology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00029378
Volume
177
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
465 - 466
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9378(1997)177:2<465:SSAG-A>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
We report the case of a 39-year-old nonpregnant woman with amenorrhea and galactorrhea after spinal cord surgery. Activation of the afferent neuroendocrine pathway is postulated to have occurred at surgery.