Hyperprolactinemia After Severe Head Trauma.
- Author:
Jae Suk PARK
1
;
Jae Gon MOON
;
Chang Hyun KIM
;
Hong Dae KIM
;
Ho Kook LEE
;
Soo Young JUNG
;
Do Yun HWANG
Author Information
1. Department of Neurosurgery, Hallym University School of Medicine, Kang Nam Sacred Heart Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Head trauma;
Hyperprolactinemia
- MeSH:
Craniocerebral Trauma*;
Female;
Head*;
Humans;
Hyperprolactinemia*;
Prolactin
- From:Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
2002;31(1):65-66
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Patients of head injury may manifest neurohypophyseal dysfunction during the early post-traumatic period. A case of hyperprolactinemia and low prolactin response to thyrotrophin-releasing hormone in a woman 7 months after severe head injury is presented and literatures are also reviewed.
