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67: PLASMA PROLACTIN (PRL) BEFORE AND AFTER TRH IN 23 CHILDREN WITH CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA

PRL has been determined before and after TRH IV (200 ug/m2) in 23 children (11 ♀/12 ♂) with craniopharyngioma using reagents provided by the NIAMDD, Bethesda USA. As controls served 10 endocrinologically healthy children (4♀/6♂), aged 4-16 yrs, who had TRH tests for other reasons. 13 patients, aged 1-13 yrs, have been studied before surgery, 10 of them and 10 additional patients, aged 1-20 yrs, after surgery.Assuming that PRL secretion is controlled by PIF (PRL inhibiting factor), elevated PRL levels as seen before and after surgery would indicate hypothalamic disorder or disruption of the hypothalamo-pituitary axis. PRL deficiency, observed only after surgery, would reflect pituitary damage.