prolactin-producing pituitary gland adenoma
MONDO:0010911Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names prolactin-producing pituitary gland adenoma yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
Prolactinoma is a usually benign neoplasm of the pituitary gland that results in hyperprolactinemia. The most common clinical manifestations are amenorrhea and infertility in women; and impotence, decreased libido and infertility in men.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0010911), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Features
50 features
What the disease is reported to present with, and how often among people who have it — never how often a feature means the disease. HPO, annotations 2026-09-02.
- Abnormal pituitary gland morphologyHPOHP:0012503
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- Abnormality of the menstrual cycleHPOHP:0000140
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- AmenorrheaHPOHP:0000141
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- Decreased female libidoHPOHP:0030018
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- Decreased fertility in femalesHPOHP:0000868
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- Decreased fertility in malesHPOHP:0012041
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- Erectile dysfunctionHPOHP:0100639
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- Female hypogonadismHPOHP:0000134
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- GalactorrheaHPOHP:0100829
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- HypogonadismHPOHP:0000135
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- Hypogonadotropic hypogonadismHPOHP:0000044
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- ImpotenceHPOHP:0000802
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
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- Irregular menstruationHPOHP:0000858
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- Male hypogonadismHPOHP:0000026
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- Abnormal hair quantityHPOHP:0011362
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Adrenocorticotropic hormone deficiencyHPOHP:0011748
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Adrenocorticotropin deficient adrenal insufficiencyHPOHP:0011735
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Central adrenal insufficiencyHPOHP:0011734
Where it sits
Other names
28 names
Resolves to: prolactin-producing pituitary gland adenoma
- Also called
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