Serious Symptoms Of A Prolactinoma

Galactorrhea

Galactorrhea is the abnormal production of breast milk in women or men who are not breastfeeding. When a healthy woman is pregnant and breastfeeding, their pituitary gland releases a hormone referred to as prolactin to stimulate the production of breastmilk for her baby. A prolactinoma can cause the gland to produce prolactin when the individual is not breastfeeding. When a different type of tumor develops just above the pituitary gland, prolactin secretion can still increase because the stalk of the pituitary gland becomes compressed. This type of tumor is less common in the population than an actual prolactinoma that produces the hormone itself. Because prolactinomas are not recognized in men as quickly as they are in women, these tumors tend to be larger in men at the time of diagnosis.

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