title: Reversible dementia due to macroprolactinoma. Case report.
abstract: Subfrontal tumors are an infrequent cause of dementia. Most of those that do cause dementia are meningiomas, and the symptoms may recede when the tumor is resected. A patient with a huge prolactinoma who came to medical attention because of dementia is described. The tumor shrank dramatically after bromocriptine therapy and the patient's mental status returned to normal.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, New York.
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Brisman
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Fetell
authors.forename: K D
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Post
mesh_terms: D001519:Behavior; D001971:Bromocriptine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003704:Dementia / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008568:Memory; D008875:Middle Aged; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D015175:Prolactinoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D001971:Bromocriptine