title: [Acromegaly masked by symptomatic hyperprolactinaemia].
abstract: A 48-year-old woman presented with galactorrhoea, moderate hyperprolactinaemia (0.97 IU/l) and a pituitary macroadenoma (10 × 7 × 6 mm). Over a period of six years the patient had developed overt acromegalic features and was subsequently diagnosed with acromegaly while treated with dopamine receptor agonist. Acromegaly should always be considered in patients presenting with hyperprolactinaemia and a pituitary adenoma.
authors.affiliation: Medicinsk Endokrinologisk Afdeling, MEA, Aarhus Universitetshospital, Nørrebrogade 44, 8000 Aarhus C. jakob.dal@dadlnet.dk.
authors.forename: Jakob
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dal
authors.forename: Charlotte
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Steffensen
authors.forename: Troels K
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Hansen
authors.forename: Jens Otto L
authors.initials: JO
authors.lastname: Jørgensen
mesh_terms: D000172:Acromegaly / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D000236:Adenoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D000328:Adult; D002349:Carpal Tunnel Syndrome / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006966:Hyperprolactinemia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy