[Effects of somatostatin upon prolactin secretion both in normal subjects and in patients presenting pituitary adenoma (author's transl)]

Abstract

In normal subjects somatostatin cannot modify the plasma levels of prolactin when they are in a normal range or when they are pharmacologically increased. In the case of pituitary adenoma (prolactinic or eosinophilic), the response of prolactin to somatostatin varies widely. In some patients there is a marked decrease of the prolactin levels while in others no modification is observed.