Successful treatment of a hyperprolactinemic infertile woman with a pituitary microadenoma using hachimijiogan.
A hyperprolactinemic infertile woman with a pituitary microadenoma, who was resistant to bromocriptine as a method of bringing on pregnancy, succeeded in having a normal pregnancy and delivery with Hachimi-jio-gan treatment. This paper reports that the patient did not succeed in pregnancy in spite of 16 months of bromocriptine treatment, though her prolactin level gradually decreased and continued to be between 40-60 ng/ml with Hachimi-jio-gan treatment. Although the level of prolactin of the patient did not normalize, she, nevertheless, succeeded in having a normal pregnancy and delivery.
Otani
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Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
Usuki
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Iwasaki
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Inoue
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Yamashita
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D000236:Adenoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D000328:Adult; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006966:Hyperprolactinemia / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications*; D007247:Infertility, Female / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011247:Pregnancy; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D011388:Prolactin / Q000097:blood; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; C054591:hachimijiogan; D011388:Prolactin