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Prolactin‐secreting tumors
Author(s) -
Ozarda Ahsen T.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
journal of surgical oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.201
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1096-9098
pISSN - 0022-4790
DOI - 10.1002/jso.2930220104
Subject(s) - medicine , galactorrhea , bronchogenic carcinoma , mediastinum , pneumonectomy , prolactin , secretion , carcinoma , surgery , lung , hormone
A case of galactorrhea induced by hyperprolactinemia has been reported. This patient had bronchogenic carcinoma, undifferentiated, spindle‐cell‐type, and underwent a pneumonectomy followed by postoperative irradiation of the mediastinum. The initial surgical resection, followed by irradiation, returned the abnormal levels of prolactin secretion to normal. Although subsequent determinations could not be made, this case supports evidence from earlier reports that galactorrhea‐induced hyperprolactinemia may occur concomitantly as a paraneoplastic syndrome with this rare form of carcinoma.