Journal of Clinical Case Reports

Department of General Surgery, Dr Pixley Ka Isaka Seme Memorial Hospital, Durban, South Africa

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• Case Report   
  Empty Sella Syndrome and Nonpuerperal Galactorrhea: A Case Report
  Author(s): Roxanne Singh* and Praniel Bennimahadeo
  
  Galactorrhea secondary to hyperprolactinemia is usually associated with a pathological or drug induced cause. We describe a 39 year old female patient who presented with a history of galactorrhea and no other specific symptoms. She had been on oral contraception for 15 years after the birth of her first child and had developed the milky nipple discharge three years prior to presentation. She had initially been managed as hyperprolactinemia secondary to long term contraceptive use but was referred for further investigation as she had no resolution to the galactorrhea after cessation of the drug for a significant period. Her blood investigations revealed an isolated persistently elevated serum prolactin and the diagnosis of an empty sella was made on radiological imaging... Read More»
  DOI: 10.37421/2165-7920.2024.14.1591

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