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Secretaria da Saúde (São Paulo - Estado). Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da USP (HCFMUSP) (Institutional affiliation from the last research proposal) Birthplace: Brazil
graduate at from Universidade de São Paulo (1997) and ph.d. at Endocrinology from Universidade de São Paulo (2005). Has experience in Medicine, focusing on Medicine, acting on the following subjects: incidentaloma hipofisário, macroprolactina, prolactina, hyperprolactinemia and macroprolactin. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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Hyperprolactinemia can cause hypogonadism and galactorrhea and is secondary to physiological conditions, as pregnancy and breastfeeding, or secondary to drugs, renal and hepatic failure, primary hypothyroidism and prolactinomas, among others. Prolactinomas are the most common pituitary tumors and an important cause of hypogonadism and infertility, being more frequent in women between the …
Pituitary adenomas represent 10% to 25% of all sellar lesions and can be classified according to tumor size (micro or macroadenoma) and to the profile of hormone secretion: clinically nonfunctioning adenomas (CNFA), prolactinomas, somatotrophinomas, corticotrophinomas, thyreotrophinomas and gonadotrophinomas. Clinical manifestations depend on hormonal hypersecretion and on mass effects. …
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