title: [Prolactin-secreting adenomas in males. Study of the hypophyseal-gonadal axis].
abstract: The pituitary gonadal-axis has been studied in 25 cases of PRL-secreting adenomas in men. Besides impotence, infertility, arrest or lack of puberty may be observed, basal levels of LH and FSH are in the low normal range but a weak increase of LH is observed after LH-RH. Testosterone (T) levels are low in most of the patients and only normal in 5. In two cases with actively secreting-PRL adenomas, normal circadian rhythms of T and PRL are abolished. After CB 154 treatment, an improvement of the clinical and biological symptoms is observed in 8 out of 10 men. An increase of LH response to LH-RH under CB 154 is obtained in 5 cases. This is in favour of a functional effect of the hyperprolactinemia on the pituitary.
mesh_terms: D000236:Adenoma / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism*; D004958:Estradiol / Q000097:blood; D005640:Follicle Stimulating Hormone / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D007986:Luteinizing Hormone / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D010903:Pituitary Gland, Anterior / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism*; D011388:Prolactin / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism*; D013737:Testis / Q000503:physiopathology; D013739:Testosterone / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D013739:Testosterone; D004958:Estradiol; D011388:Prolactin; D007986:Luteinizing Hormone; D005640:Follicle Stimulating Hormone
vernacular_title: Les adénomes à prolactine chez l'homme. Etude de l'axe hypophyso-gonadique.