Body self-image disturbances in women with prolactinoma.
Helen S PereiraErika C NaliatoAline B MoraesMonica R GadelhaLeonardo Vieira NetoRenan M AlmeidaAntonio Egidio NardiAlice H ViolantePublished in: Revista brasileira de psiquiatria (Sao Paulo, Brazil : 1999) (2020)
Symptomatic patients showed higher body dissatisfaction, but lower body self-image distortion. The presence of symptoms may have been responsible for increased body awareness. The perception of body shape could have triggered feelings of dissatisfaction compared to an ideal lean body. Therefore, a distorted body self-image might not necessarily result in body dissatisfaction in women with prolactinomas.