HYPER-PROLACTINEMIA IN POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME

  • 1 January 1981
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 70  (4) , 197-201
Abstract
The incidence of hyperprolactinemia in 91 consecutively examined patients with polycystic ovary syndrome was 13%, considerably lower than previously reported. Galactorrhea and radiological abnormalities of the sella turcica were observed frequently in patients with elevated serum prolactin levels, whereas the number of women attaining regular periods after ovarian wedge-resection was significantly smaller than in normoprolactinemic women. The serum levels of lutropin, FSH, estradiol and testosterone measured in the hyperprolactinemic patients showed no major differences from those of the normoprolactinemic patients.