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Symptoms of prolactinoma can be divided as follows:

1. Symptoms due to hyperprolactinemia
2. Symptoms due to mass effect

Symptoms of Prolactinoma
Symptoms due to hyperprolactinemia			Symptoms due to mass effect
Women	Men	Both men and women	Both men and women
Amenorrhea Galactorrhea	Impotence	Infertility Decreased libido Osteoporosis	Common Symptoms: Headache Vision changes Temporal field defects Less Common Symptoms: Cranial nerve palsies Hypothalamic impairement Hydroceplalous Hypopituitarism

Hyperprolactinemia due prolactinoma causes delayed puberty in adolescent.

Pituitary apoplexy :

Infarction in Prolactinoma

Rapid enlargement of tumor

Compression of sella and para sellar structures