Symptomatic hyperprolactinemia mimicking pituitary pathology in a child with Landau–Kleffner syndrome, autism spectrum disorder, and intellectual disability: a case report
Swetang J Shah, Viral Goradia, Aahna V Dattani, Sireesha Palkamsetti, Usha Ravi, Anshuman Srivastava · 2026
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Swetang J Shah and five colleagues describe, in a 2026 case report, a 12-year-old girl whose raised prolactin levels looked like a pituitary gland problem yet traced back to her behaviour medicine. She lives with Landau-Kleffner syndrome, autism, and intellectual disability, and had taken risperidone for a long time.
Milk discharge, failing vision, and falls prompted tests that found high prolactin with a normal scan of the pituitary. Stopping risperidone worsened behaviour, so clinicians switched her to olanzapine. Within three months the discharge stopped, vision improved, and prolactin normalised. The authors urge regular prolactin checks for children on such medicines, especially those who cannot describe discomfort.
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| CREATOR | Swetang J Shah, Viral Goradia, Aahna V Dattani, Sireesha Palkamsetti, Usha Ravi, Anshuman Srivastava |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 21921 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |