Prolactin Disorders: From Basic Science to Clinical Management

✍ Scribed by Nicholas A. Tritos, Anne Klibanski

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing; Humana
• Year: 2019
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 249
• Series: Contemporary Endocrinology
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This unique book will serve as a valuable resource for clinicians and researchers interested in prolactin physiology and pathophysiology and those who are involved in the care of patients with related disorders, including hyperprolactinemia and prolactin-secreting pituitary adenomas. Timely and up-to-date, it opens with a review of the historical aspects of prolactin research and a discussion of pituitary anatomy and physiology. Several chapters examine basic and translational aspects of prolactin physiology, focusing on recent developments and future directions. The main portion of the book is comprised of chapters presenting the clinical aspects of prolactin excess or deficiency, with particular emphasis placed on prolactin-secreting pituitary adenomas and co-secreting tumors. Concluding chapters address prolactin-secreting pituitary adenomas in special populations – women in the preconception period or during pregnancy, children and adolescents, and men – as well as plurihormonal and aggressive adenomas and carcinomas.
Written and edited by experts in the field, Prolactin Disorders will be a ready reference for a diverse array of professionals, from basic scientists to clinical investigators and clinicians from several specialties, including specialists in endocrinology, neurosurgery, radiation oncology and neuro-oncology.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter ....Pages i-xiii
History of Prolactin Disorders (John AH Wass)....Pages 1-10
Pituitary Anatomy and Development (Ronald M. Lechan, Knarik Arkun, Roberto Toni)....Pages 11-53
Prolactin Assays and Regulation of Secretion: Animal and Human Data (Nadine Binart, Jacques Young, Philippe Chanson)....Pages 55-78
Physiological Actions and Receptors (Nelson D. Horseman)....Pages 79-93
Prolactin Excess and Deficiency: Epidemiology, Causes (Excluding Prolactin-Secreting Pituitary Tumors) (Rocío Villar Taibo, Mildred Sifontes Dubon, Ignacio Bernabeu Morón, Felipe F. Casanueva)....Pages 95-110
Prolactin-Secreting Pituitary Adenomas: Epidemiology and Natural History (Lisa L. Morselli, Janet A. Schlechte)....Pages 111-126
Prolactin-Secreting Pituitary Adenomas: Pathology, Clinical Manifestations, and Diagnosis (Andrea Glezer, Marcello D. Bronstein)....Pages 127-136
Prolactin-Secreting Pituitary Adenomas: Clinical Management (Alexander Faje, Marcus A. Zachariah, Brooke Swearingen)....Pages 137-159
Prolactin and Pregnancy (Mark E. Molitch)....Pages 161-174
Prolactinomas in Children and Adolescents (Takara L. Stanley, Madhusmita Misra)....Pages 175-187
Prolactinomas in Men (Dominique Maiter)....Pages 189-204
Plurihormonal Adenomas (Artak Labadzhyan, Shlomo Melmed)....Pages 205-217
Aggressive Prolactin-Secreting Pituitary Adenomas and Carcinomas (Dongyun Zhang, Anthony P. Heaney)....Pages 219-236
Back Matter ....Pages 237-242

✦ Subjects

Medicine & Public Health; Endocrinology; Metabolic Diseases