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Hyperprolactinemia
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Etiology
Physiologic
- Pregnancy
- Postpartum
- Suckling
- Nipple stimulation
- Macroprolactinemia (relatively inactive "big prolactin")
- Idiopathic
- Exercise
- Sleep (REM phase)
- Stress (trauma, surgery)
- Psychotropics
- Cimetidine
- Tricyclic antidepressants
- Oral contraceptives
- Marijuana
- Prolactinoma
- Hypothyroidism
- Cirrhosis
- Renal failure
- Acromegaly (pituitary tumor may cosecrete prolactin & growth hormone)
- Hypothalamic disease
- Other growth near pituitary
- Systemic lupus erythematosus
- Chronic chest wall stimulation (nipple piercing, mastectomy, thoracotomy, herpes zoster, breast augmentation)
- Multiple sclerosis
- Optic neuritis
- Spinal cord lesions
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Etiology
Physiologic
- Pregnancy
- Postpartum
- Suckling
- Nipple stimulation
- Macroprolactinemia (relatively inactive "big prolactin")
- Idiopathic
- Exercise
- Sleep (REM phase)
- Stress (trauma, surgery)
- Psychotropics
- Cimetidine
- Tricyclic antidepressants
- Oral contraceptives
- Marijuana
- Prolactinoma
- Hypothyroidism
- Cirrhosis
- Renal failure
- Acromegaly (pituitary tumor may cosecrete prolactin & growth hormone)
- Hypothalamic disease
- Other growth near pituitary
- Systemic lupus erythematosus
- Chronic chest wall stimulation (nipple piercing, mastectomy, thoracotomy, herpes zoster, breast augmentation)
- Multiple sclerosis
- Optic neuritis
- Spinal cord lesions
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Citation
Zeiger, Roni F.. "Hyperprolactinemia." Diagnosaurus, 4th ed., McGraw-Hill Education, 2015. Medicine Central, im.unboundmedicine.com/medicine/view/Diagnosaurus/114304/all/Hyperprolactinemia.
Zeiger RFR. Hyperprolactinemia. Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2015. https://im.unboundmedicine.com/medicine/view/Diagnosaurus/114304/all/Hyperprolactinemia. Accessed March 24, 2023.
Zeiger, R. F. (2015). Hyperprolactinemia. In Diagnosaurus (4th ed.). McGraw-Hill Education. https://im.unboundmedicine.com/medicine/view/Diagnosaurus/114304/all/Hyperprolactinemia
Zeiger RFR. Hyperprolactinemia [Internet]. In: Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2015. [cited 2023 March 24]. Available from: https://im.unboundmedicine.com/medicine/view/Diagnosaurus/114304/all/Hyperprolactinemia.
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