Comment by ElProlactin
20 days ago
Prolactinomas, especially tiny ones, are super common. They often find them during autopsies. Most people with them experience no symptoms.
20 days ago
Prolactinomas, especially tiny ones, are super common. They often find them during autopsies. Most people with them experience no symptoms.
Are these deadly?
Not intrinsically or commonly deadly. https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseas... says "1 in 10 people will develop a pituitary adenoma in their lifetime" - pituitary adenomas is the more general class of these benign tumors, as the pituitary gland produces multiple hormones.
1 in 10 sounds really common though, that's shocking.