Hyperprolactinemia associated to calcification of the pituitary stalk. Case report.
In this work, the authors report the case of a female patient with 24 years of age with hyperprolactinemia, who presented a pituitary stalk calcification as seen by CT scan. Once other possible etiologies were excluded, we concluded that the calcification was probably related to hyperprolactinemia caused by interruption of the input of dopamine to the pituitary gland.
Department of Endocrinology, Fundação Faculdade Federal de Ciências Médicas/Irmandade Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
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D000328:Adult; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006966:Hyperprolactinemia / Q000209:etiology*; D010900:Pituitary Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography; D012658:Sella Turcica / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging