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Prolactinoma

Prolactinoma

A Prolactinoma is the most general kind of benign brain tumor. This kind of tumor is usually misdiagnosed. A prolactinoma is a benign tumor of the pituitary gland that produces a hormone called prolactin. It is the most general kind of pituitary tumor. Symptoms of prolactinoma are too much prolactin in the blood or those caused by pressure of the tumor on surrounding tissues.