Body weight changes associated with Prolactinoma

In addition to the following abstracts you may wish to visit Lori Majestic's web site which includes results of her patient survey showing weight gain in prolactinoma patients.

NLM CIT. ID: 98331482
TITLE:   Increased body weight associated with prolactin secreting pituitary
         adenomas: weight loss with normalization of prolactin levels.
AUTHORS: Greenman Y; Tordjman K; Stern N
AUTHOR AFFILIATION:
      Institute of Endocrinology, Tel Aviv-Elias Sourasky Medical Center,
      Israel.
PUBLICATION TYPES:
      JOURNAL ARTICLE
LANGUAGES:
      Eng
REGISTRY NUMBERS:
      0 (Hormone Antagonists)
      25614-03-3 (Bromocriptine)
      9002-62-4 (Prolactin)
ABSTRACT:
      OBJECTIVE: Hyperprolactinaemia in humans may be associated with a high
      prevalence of obesity but the nature of this link is poorly defined.
      The aim of this study was to establish the relationship between
      hyperprolactinaemia and body weight in patients with prolactin-
      secreting pituitary tumours. DESIGN: We conducted a retrospective
      study of prolactinoma patients treated at the Endocrine Institute of
      the Tel Aviv Medical Center, Israel, during the period 1989-1996.
      Patients with clinically non-functioning pituitary macroadenomas
      (NFA) served as the control group. Data on demographic parameters,
      body weight before and during treatment, clinical presentation
      including history of weight fluctuations, tumour size as measured by
      computed tomography or magnetic resonance imaging, modalities and
      response to treatment, and pituitary function before and during
      treatment were recorded from medical files. PATIENTS: Forty-two
      patients with prolactinomas (PR) and 36 patients with clinically
      non-functioning macroadenomas (NFA) comprised the study population.
      RESULTS: Mean weight was 93 +/- 3.4 kg and 78 +/- 2.7 kg in male
      patients with PR and NFA respectively (P = 0.0007). Recent weight
      gain (8 to 22 kg) was a presenting symptom in 13 PR patients, whereas
      only one NFA patient had this clinical presentation (P = 0.001).
      Seventeen PR patients lost weight (mean change -8.3 +/- 1.5 kg, range
      -2-28 kg), during prolactin lowering therapy, 11 of whom had entirely
      normalized prolactin levels. Fourteen of the 18 patients who did not
      lose weight still had elevated prolactin levels (P = 0.01). Weight
      loss in patients with PR could not be attributed to altered pituitary
      function nor to compression of the third ventricle. In contrast to
      PR, no significant weight loss was observed in NFA patients.
      CONCLUSION: Weight gain and elevated body weight are frequently
      associated with prolactinomas regardless of a mass effect on the
      hypothalamus or pituitary function. In this series, weight loss was
      recorded in 70% of prolactinomas patients and in 90% of male patients
      who normalized their prolactin levels. We propose the inclusion of
      hyperprolactinaemia in the differential diagnosis of endocrine
      obesity and weight gain.
MAIN MESH HEADINGS:
      Hyperprolactinemia/*etiology
      Pituitary Neoplasms/*complications
      Prolactinoma/*complications
      Weight Gain/*drug effects
ADDITIONAL MESH HEADINGS:
      Adult
      Bromocriptine/therapeutic use
      Female
      Hormone Antagonists/therapeutic use
      Human
      Hyperprolactinemia/drug therapy
      Male
      Middle Age
      Prolactin/antagonists & inhibitors
      Regression Analysis
      Retrospective Studies
NLM PUBMED CIT. ID:
      9666865
SOURCE:  Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) 1998 May;48(5):547-53



NLM CIT. ID: 95140824
TITLE:   Endocrine and psychological evaluation of women with recent weight
         gain.
AUTHORS: Ferreira MF; Sobrinho LG; Pires JS; Silva ME
      Santos MA; Sousa MF
AUTHOR AFFILIATION:
      Servico de Endocrinologia, Instituto Portugues de Oncologia, Lisboa.
PUBLICATION TYPES:
      CLINICAL TRIAL
      CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL
      JOURNAL ARTICLE
LANGUAGES:
      Eng
REGISTRY NUMBERS:
      0 (Gastrins)
      0 (Hormones)
      11061-68-0 (Insulin)
      50-23-7 (Hydrocortisone)
      9002-62-4 (Prolactin)
ABSTRACT:
      A group of 13 consecutive regularly menstruating women who gained at
      least 5 kg the previous year (Group I) was compared to a control
      group of similar age, parity, and social class (Group II). The two
      groups were similar in estimated and observed food intakes; pre- and
      postprandial gastrin levels; hourly 24-h profiles of cortisol and
      insulin; urinary cortisol and 17-hydroxycorticosteroids. Group I had
      higher serum prolactin concentrations at all times than Group II
      (mean values 14.60 micrograms/l vs. 8.84 micrograms/l; p = .0121).
      Galactorrhea was observed in 5 women from Group I and in none of the
      women from Group II (p < .05). Group I also differed from Group II in
      a higher incidence of meaningful life-events the year preceding the
      study, higher prevalence of sexual dysfunction (9/13 vs. 4/13; p <
      .01) and higher indexes (p < .05) of several parameters in the MMPI
      and SCL 90. Median serum cortisol and prolactin concentrations were
      negatively correlated, both in Group I (R = -.669; p = .012) and in
      the whole sample (R = -.453; p = .0298). It is suggested that the
      rapid weight gain is part of a neuroendocrine response to
      environmental stimuli also characterized by hyperprolactinemia. The
      significant negative correlation between serum prolactin and cortisol
      indicates that this response differs from, and is possibly an
      alternative to, the sympathoadrenal "stress" response.
MAIN MESH HEADINGS:
      Hormones/*blood
      Obesity/*blood
      Psychophysiologic Disorders/*blood
      Stress, Psychological/*complications
      Weight Gain/*physiology
ADDITIONAL MESH HEADINGS:
      Adult
      Energy Intake/physiology
      Female
      Food Habits/psychology
      Gastrins/blood
      Human
      Hydrocortisone/blood
      Insulin/blood
      Life Change Events
      Obesity/psychology
      Personality Assessment
      Pituitary Neoplasms/blood
      Pituitary Neoplasms/psychology
      Prolactin/blood
      Prolactinoma/blood
      Prolactinoma/psychology
      Pseudopregnancy/blood
      Pseudopregnancy/psychology
      Psychophysiologic Disorders/psychology
      Reference Values
      Stress, Psychological/blood
NLM PUBMED CIT. ID:
      7838902
SOURCE:  Psychoneuroendocrinology 1995;20(1):53-63



NLM CIT. ID: 92067400
TITLE:   Prolactinoma and body weight: a retrospective study.
AUTHORS: Creemers LB; Zelissen PM; van 't Verlaat JW
      Koppeschaar HP
AUTHOR AFFILIATION:
      Department of Endocrinology, University Hospital, Utrecht, The
      Netherlands.
PUBLICATION TYPES:
      JOURNAL ARTICLE
LANGUAGES:
      Eng
REGISTRY NUMBERS:
      9002-62-4 (Prolactin)
ABSTRACT:
      Body weight and weight history in association with hormone levels were
      studied retrospectively in 47 patients with prolactinoma;
      macroprolactinoma was diagnosed in 36, microprolactinoma in 11
      patients. At the time of diagnosis a weight history could be traced
      in 14 patients, 9 patients having gained weight (11.8 +/- 2 kg), 1
      with a weight loss of 5 kg, and 4 reporting unaltered body weight.
      Body weight and Body Mass Index before treatment were 83 +/- 2.4 kg
      and 27.3 +/- 0.6 kg/m2, respectively. In the male patients the
      prevalence of BMI greater than or equal to 25 was greater than in the
      average Dutch male population (p less than 0.001). After 6 months of
      treatment, mainly with bromocriptine, patients with macroprolactinoma
      had lost 5.5 +/- 1.6% (p less than 0.002) of initial body weight. No
      significant weight change occurred in patients with
      microprolactinoma. Weight loss did not correlate with degree of
      hyperprolactinemia, nor with decrease of prolactin levels during
      treatment, in either group of patients. Thyroid or gonadal function
      were not associated with weight loss either. It appears that
      prolactinoma is associated with a higher frequency of overweight, as
      far as patients with macroprolactinoma are concerned.
MAIN MESH HEADINGS:
      *Body Weight
      Pituitary Neoplasms/*pathology
      Prolactinoma/*pathology
ADDITIONAL MESH HEADINGS:
      Adolescence
      Adult
      Aged
      Body Mass Index
      Female
      Human
      Male
      Middle Age
      Pituitary Neoplasms/blood
      Pituitary Neoplasms/therapy
      Prolactin/blood
      Prolactinoma/blood
      Prolactinoma/therapy
      Reference Values
      Retrospective Studies
NLM PUBMED CIT. ID:
      1957557
SOURCE:  Acta Endocrinol (Copenh) 1991 Oct;125(4):392-6

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