Idiopathic hyperprolactinemia - a challenge for primary care

• Main Authors: Shalihin, Mohd Shaiful Ehsan, Mohamed Juhan, Nik Ahmad Khairul Fahmi
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Malaysian Medical Association 2021
• Subjects: R Medicine (General); RA Public aspects of medicine; RC Internal medicine
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/94123/1/94123_Idiopathic%20hyperprolactinemia.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/94123/7/94123_Idiopathic%20hyperprolactinemia%20-%20a%20challenge%20for%20primary%20care_Scopus.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/94123/; https://www.e-mjm.org/2021/v76n6/idiopathic-hyperprolactinemia.pdf

Hyperprolactinemia is a condition of elevated serum prolactin, which usually occurs in women as compared to men. Most patients present to primary care clinics with a history of galactorrhoea, oligomenorrhea, amenorrhoea or infertility. Literature search reveals that there were few idiopathic ca...