Hyperprolactinemia

Increased levels of PROLACTIN in the BLOOD, which may be associated with AMENORRHEA and GALACTORRHEA. Relatively common etiologies include PROLACTINOMA, medication effect, KIDNEY FAILURE, granulomatous diseases of the PITUITARY GLAND, and disorders which interfere with the hypothalamic inhibition of prolactin release. Ectopic (non-pituitary) production of prolactin may also occur. (From Joynt, Clinical Neurology, 1992, Ch36, pp77-8)

Also Known As:

Hyperprolactinaemia; Inappropriate Prolactin Secretion; Inappropriate Prolactin Secretion Syndrome; Hyperprolactinemias; Hypersecretion Syndrome, Prolactin; Inappropriate Secretion Prolactin; Prolactin Secretion, Inappropriate; Secretion Prolactin, Inappropriate; Secretion, Inappropriate Prolactin; Syndrome, Prolactin Hypersecretion; Prolactin Hypersecretion Syndrome; Prolactin, Inappropriate Secretion

Nervous System Diseases: 14737
- Central Nervous System Diseases: 4371
  - Brain Diseases: 16141
    - Hypothalamic Diseases: 40
      - Pituitary Diseases: 568
        Hyperpituitarism: 15
        Hyperprolactinemia: 4228
Endocrine System Diseases: 996
- Pituitary Diseases: 568
  - Hyperpituitarism: 15
    - Hyperprolactinemia: 4228

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