PEDIATRICS Vol. 71 No. 4 April 1983, pp. 572-575
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Hyperprolactinemia and Delayed Puberty: A Report of Three Cases and Their Response to Therapy

Mary L. Patton MD1 and P. D. Woolf MD1

1 From the Department of Medicine, Endocrine-Metabolism Unit, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York

Delayed puberty occurred in three patients (aged 15 to 22 years) with elevated prolactin levels. Despite the varying etiologies, their clinical presentations were marked by absence of galactorrhea, prepubertal genitalia (2/3), and short stature (1/3). Except for hyperprolactinemia, endocrinologic evaluation was normal in two patients. Bromocnptine restored prolactin levels to normal in all three patients, two of whom had prior transsphenoidal surgery, and resulted in initiation of menses in one girl and pubertal development in both boys. The 22-year-old male patient with the empty sella syndrome has progressed through puberty after the addition of oral testosterone.

Key Words: delayed puberty • hyperprolactinemia • pituitary tumor • empty sella syndrome

Accepted on January 6, 1982