macroprolactinoma

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English

Etymology

From macro- +‎ prolactinoma.

Noun

macroprolactinoma (plural macroprolactinomas)

  1. (medicine) A prolactinoma with size greater than one centimeter.
    • 2013 July 13, Shruti Kate et al., “Acute psychosis as a presentation of hypopituitarism”, in BMJ Case Reports, volume 2013, →DOI:
      We report a case of a 60-year-old man who was a follow-up case of macroprolactinoma with hypopituitarism for the last 9 years.