Hyperprolactinemia associated to calcification of the pituitary stalk: case report

MIRIAM DA COSTA OLIVEIRA, RAFAEL CREMONESE, CRISTINA PIZARRO
1998 Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria  
In this work, the authors report the case of a female patient with 24 years of age with hyperprolactinemia, who presented a pituitary stalk calcification as seen by CT scan. Once other possible etiologies were excluded, we concluded that the calcification was probably related to hyperprolactinemia caused by interruption of the input of dopamine to the pituitary gland.
doi:10.1590/s0004-282x1998000200020 pmid:9698742 fatcat:doxdmrcgbbgatepcith3zquuj4