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Prolactinomas, especially tiny ones, are super common. They often find them during autopsies. Most people with them experience no symptoms.
by ElProlactin 9mo ago
Prolactinomas, especially tiny ones, are super common. They often find them during autopsies. Most people with them experience no symptoms.
- Fire-Dragon-DoL 9mo agoAre these deadly?
- davidgay 9mo agoNot intrinsically or commonly deadly. https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/pituitary-adenoma 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.
- Fire-Dragon-DoL 9mo ago1 in 10 sounds really common though, that's shocking.