Table 2.

Literature review on hyperprolactinemia in patients with pituitary metastasis

Patients	Ref.	Gender	Age in yr	Clinical symptoms	PRL level	Mode of operation	Postoperative symptoms	Primary tumor	Postoperative survival time
1	Yao et al[8]	M	67	Headache, left eyelid prolapse	1022 ng/mL	Endoscopic transsphenoidal surgery	Headache relief	Lung adenocarcinoma	3 mo
2	Thewjitcharoen et al[9]	M	65	Visual impairment, left eyelid prolapse	254 ng/mL	Transsphenoidal subtotal resection	Vision returned to normal	Colorectal cancer	9 mo
3	Stojanović et al[10]	F	67	Visual impairment	1270 mU/L	Transcranial surgery	No improvement	Thyroid carcinoma	2 wk
4	Komninos et al[1]	M	68	Headache, visual impairment	438.6 ng/mL	Transsphenoidal decompression	Headache relief	Liver cancer	3 mo
5	Present case	M	53	Visual impairment, dizziness	703 mIU/mL	Transnasal subtotal sphenotomy	Improvement of vision and dizziness	Lung adenocarcinoma	4 mo