摘要
OBJECTIVE:Tocharacterisedistinctiveclinicalfeaturesofgiantprolactinomasinwomen.DESIGN:Amulticentre,retrospectivecaseseriesandliteraturereview.METHODS:Wecollecteddatafrom15femalepatientswithapituitaryturnoutlargerthan4cmandprolactinlevelsabove1000μg/landidentified19similarcasesfromtheliterature;agender-basedcomparisonofthefrequencyandagedistributionwasobtainedfromaliteraturereview.RESULTS:TheinitialPubMedsearchusingthetermgiantprolactinomas'identified125patients(13women)respondingtotheinclusioncriteria.Thefemale:maleratiowas1:9.Anothersixfemalepatientswerefoundbyextendingtheliteraturesearch,whileourownseriesadded15patients.Themedianageatdiagnosiswas44yearsin
出版日期
2013年04月14日(中国期刊网平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)