New Insights in the Management of Antipsychotics in the Treatment of Schizophrenia in a Patient with Prolactinoma : A Case Report and Review of the Literature
Joint Authors
da Silva, Paula F. Ramalho
Gadelha, Ary
Pan, Pedro Mario
Santos Andrade, Elvis Henrique
Source
Issue
Vol. 2010, Issue 2010 (31 Dec. 2010), pp.1-3, 3 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2010-11-10
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
3
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Prolactinomas are the commonest pituitary adenomas and the major pathological cause of hyperprolactinaemia.
Symptomatic prolactinomas are treated mainly by dopamine agonists; surgery and radiotherapy are options for nonresponders.
Schizophrenia treatment is based on antipsychotics, which acts mainly at serotonergic and dopaminergic systems.
We report a case of a 39-year-old schizophrenic male patient that was diagnosed with a macroprolactinoma 8 years after his first psychotic episode.
The association of Schizophrenia and prolactinoma represents a clinical challenge once the treatment of one disease can exacerbate the symptoms of the other.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Santos Andrade, Elvis Henrique& Pan, Pedro Mario& da Silva, Paula F. Ramalho& Gadelha, Ary. 2010. New Insights in the Management of Antipsychotics in the Treatment of Schizophrenia in a Patient with Prolactinoma : A Case Report and Review of the Literature. Case Reports in Medicine،Vol. 2010, no. 2010, pp.1-3.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-481854
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Santos Andrade, Elvis Henrique…[et al.]. New Insights in the Management of Antipsychotics in the Treatment of Schizophrenia in a Patient with Prolactinoma : A Case Report and Review of the Literature. Case Reports in Medicine No. 2010 (2010), pp.1-3.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-481854
American Medical Association (AMA)
Santos Andrade, Elvis Henrique& Pan, Pedro Mario& da Silva, Paula F. Ramalho& Gadelha, Ary. New Insights in the Management of Antipsychotics in the Treatment of Schizophrenia in a Patient with Prolactinoma : A Case Report and Review of the Literature. Case Reports in Medicine. 2010. Vol. 2010, no. 2010, pp.1-3.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-481854
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-481854
