title: Spontaneous shrinking of a macroprolactinoma.
abstract: The case of a male patient with a macroprolactinoma is presented. Within a follow up period of six months the tumor had spontaneously shrunken without any therapy. The causes of this phenomenon are discussed in the following paper.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany.
authors.forename: N G
authors.initials: NG
authors.lastname: Rainov
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Burkert
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001971:Bromocriptine / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005737:Garlic; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009365:Neoplasm Regression, Spontaneous; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D010946:Plants, Medicinal; D011388:Prolactin / Q000097:blood; D015175:Prolactinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D001971:Bromocriptine; D011388:Prolactin