Patient Support Resources

Prolactinomas

The NIDDK Prolactinoma Information Site
http://www.niddk.nih.gov/health/endo/pubs/prolact/prolact.htm
This site discusses the cause of Prolactinomas, treatment, specific symptoms, diagnosis, affects of pregnancies, and sites other resources. The information is helpful and understandable to patients using common language also discussing the pituitary functions. Discusses the use of Prolactin in the body and what the cause of having excess Prolactin does to the body.

The EMedicine Prolactinoma Information Site
http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic1915.htm
This site contains an article on Prolactinomas, covering: background, frequency, and history, medical and surgical care. The difference in ratios between men and women and why this is and why men are more likely to have macroadenmoas when discovered, while women are more likely to have micradenomas.