macroprolactinoma

noun

A prolactinoma with size greater than one centimeter.

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Meanings

nounmacroprolactinoma (plural macroprolactinomas)

plural macroprolactinomas

  1. medicineA prolactinoma with size greater than one centimeter.

    We report a case of a 60-year-old man who was a follow-up case of macroprolactinoma with hypopituitarism for the last 9 years.

    2013 July 13, Shruti Kate et al., “Acute psychosis as a presentation of hypopituitarism”, in BMJ Case Reports, volume 2013, →DOI

Origin

From macro- + prolactinoma.

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