Broad clinical spectrum and diverse outcomes of prolactinoma with pediatric onset: medication-resistant and recurrent cases.

In conclusion, pediatric prolactinoma exhibits a broad clinical spectrum, a relatively high incidence of macroadenoma, resistance to medical therapy, and frequent tumor relapses. In addition, a poor prognosis appears to be correlated with male sex, age at disease onset, and histopathological characteristics. PMID: 29279457 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Endocrine Journal - Category: Endocrinology Tags: Endocr J Source Type: research