title: Prolactinoma in wall of ovarian dermoid cyst with hyperprolactinemia.
abstract: A 41-year-old woman with long-standing amenorrhea and hyperprolactinemia that disappeared after hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy was found to have a prolactinoma in the wall of a dermoid cyst. Prolactin was demonstrated in the tumor cells by immunohistochemical staining.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Nashoba Community Hospital, Ayer, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: P E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Palmer
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bogojavlensky
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Bhan
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Scully
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002828:Choristoma / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D003884:Dermoid Cyst / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006966:Hyperprolactinemia / Q000209:etiology*; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000473:pathology*; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D010902:Pituitary Gland; D015175:Prolactinoma / Q000473:pathology*