title: [The pathological secretion of prolactin (author's transl)].
abstract: The problem of hyperprolactinaemia is dominated by the search for an active pituitary adenoma, which, if it is at all large, requires neuro-surgical operation. In cases where a microadenoma is responsible or where the pathological secretion of prolactin is istrogenic, the most serious consequence is sterility. Hyperprolactinaemia in fact works at two levels: on cyclical gonadotrophic activity and on luteal function. Whatever the cause is, bromocriptine allows hyperprolactinaemia to be corrected together with the disturbances of ovulation resulting from it.
mesh_terms: D000236:Adenoma / Q000378:metabolism; D000568:Amenorrhea / Q000209:etiology; D001971:Bromocriptine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006063:Chorionic Gonadotropin; D003338:Corpus Luteum / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism; D011374:Progesterone / Q000378:metabolism; D011388:Prolactin / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D006063:Chorionic Gonadotropin; D001971:Bromocriptine; D011374:Progesterone; D011388:Prolactin
vernacular_title: La sécrétion pathologique de prolactine.