[Morphological changes in prolactinoma induced by bromocriptine treatment]

Minerva Endocrinol. 1990 Jan-Mar;15(1):13-5.
[Article in Italian]

Abstract

The structural modifications to PRL-secreting pituitary adenomas induced by medical treatment with bromocryptine are described. Whereas the consistency of the tumour diminishes after a shgort period of treatment, making surgical removal easier, it increases after a long period (years) owing to interstitial fibrosis phenomena that impede surgical removal.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Bromocriptine / therapeutic use*
  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Humans
  • Pituitary Gland / pathology
  • Pituitary Gland / surgery
  • Pituitary Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Pituitary Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Pituitary Neoplasms / surgery
  • Prolactinoma / drug therapy
  • Prolactinoma / pathology*
  • Prolactinoma / surgery

Substances

  • Bromocriptine