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Giant cabergoline-resistant prolactinoma in a man who presented with a psychotic episode during treatment: a case report.

Luiz Augusto CasulariLucas Faria de CastroIruena Moraes KesslerJosé Luiz MendonçaMaria de Fátima Magalhães Gonzaga
Published in: Journal of medical case reports (2019)
Combined use of cabergoline with quetiapine and mirtazapine to treat a psychotic crisis may have contributed to shrinking the tumor in our patient because these antipsychotics have action mediated by growth factors that interfere with growth of pituitary tumors.
Keyphrases
  • bipolar disorder
  • public health
  • case report
  • growth hormone