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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Faizan Sheraz, M.D. [2]
Overview
The prevalence of prolactinoma in younger age group is 100 per 100,000 individuals worldwide.[1] Clinically significant pituitary tumors affect approximately 14 out of 100,000 people in United States.
Epidemiology and Demographics
Prevalence
- The prevalence of prolactinoma in younger age group is 100 per 100,000 individuals worldwide.[1]
- Clinically significant pituitary tumors affect the health of approximately 14 out of 100,000 people in United States.
- Some growth hormone producing tumors also co-secrete prolactin.
- Microprolactinomas are much more common than macroprolactinomas.
Age
Prolactinomas occur more often in adolescents. It rarely occur in children.
Gender
Prolactinomas are more often in women than in men.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ciccarelli A, Daly AF, Beckers A (2005). "The epidemiology of prolactinomas". Pituitary. 8 (1): 3–6. doi:10.1007/s11102-005-5079-0. PMID 16411062.