Table 5. Indications for surgery in prolactinomas.
Increasing tumor size despite optimal medical therapy |
Pituitary apoplexy |
Intolerance to dopamine agonists |
Resistance to dopamine-agonists |
Persistent optic chiasm compression |
Cerebrospinal fluid leak during administration of dopamine agonists |
Adapted from Refs. 6, 10, and 19.