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    Acquired prolactin deficiency indicates severe hypopituitarism in patients with disease of the hypothalamic-pituitary axis.

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    Authors
    Mukherjee, Annice
    Murray, Robert D
    Columb, Breeda
    Gleeson, Helena K
    Shalet, Stephen M
    Affiliation
    Department of Endocrinology, Christie Hospital, Manchester, UK.
    Issue Date
    2003-12
    
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    OBJECTIVE: Prolactin deficiency has been the subject of many scientific studies, but there is a paucity of information regarding prolactin deficiency in humans. In this report, adults with disease of the hypothalamic-pituitary axis (HPA) were studied to determine the prevalence of severe acquired prolactin deficiency (APD) and the pathophysiological characteristics associated with it. PATIENTS AND METHODS: APD was defined as a serum prolactin level persistently below the detection limit of the assay, i.e. less than 50 mU/l (normal range: male 85-444, female 85-530). Patients with a diagnosis of acromegaly, prolactinoma or with congenital or drug induced prolactin deficiency were excluded. Three hundred and sixty-nine patients (190 women, age range 17-79 years) with disease of the HPA, meeting the specified criteria were identified. RESULTS: Twenty-two (13 women, age range 29-76 years), showed evidence of APD. Thirteen of the 22 patients with APD had been treated for Cushing's disease. In all, 62 patients treated for Cushing's disease were identified, resulting in a prevalence of APD in treated Cushing's disease of 20.97%. Excluding treated Cushing's disease, the prevalence of APD in the remainder of the cohort was 2.93%. Nineteen patients with APD (86.4%) and 183 without APD (52.7%) underwent surgery in the region of the HPA (P = 0.0042). In contrast, nine patients with APD (40.9%) and 283 without APD (80.4%) had received radiotherapy, with fields which included the HPA (P < 0.001). No patient with isolated APD was identified. All patients with APD had evidence of severe GH deficiency (GHD) with a peak GH response to provocative stimuli of < 1.6 mU/l and a median IGF-I standard deviation score (SDS) of -4.85 (quartiles -9.56 to -2.80). Of the 13 patients with APD and Cushing's disease, all were gonadotrophin and TSH-deficient, six were adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)-deficient and six (46.1%) had cranial diabetes insipidus (CDI). Of the remaining nine patients with APD, total anterior pituitary hormone failure was present in all and CDI was present in two (22.2%). CONCLUSIONS: The presence of APD indicates severe hypopituitarism in adults with HPA disease. It is universally associated with severe GHD. It is more common after surgery to the HP region. It has a low overall prevalence except in patients surgically treated for Cushing's disease.
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    Acquired prolactin deficiency indicates severe hypopituitarism in patients with disease of the hypothalamic-pituitary axis. 2003, 59 (6):743-8 Clin. Endocrinol.
    Journal
    Clinical Endocrinology
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10541/78913
    DOI
    10.1046/j.1365-2265.2003.01916.x
    PubMed ID
    14974916
    Type
    Article
    Language
    en
    ISSN
    0300-0664
    ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
    10.1046/j.1365-2265.2003.01916.x
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