12.     Hyperprolactinaemia.             (See also MCQ9, questions 12.)

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a. is an absolute contraindication to pregnancy if due to a pituitary adenoma.  
b. can be reliably diagnosed on a single blood sample.  
c. may be due to excessive exercise.  
d. may be associated with phenothiazine therapy.  
e. adenomas should be sought with a lateral skull x-ray to examine the  pituitary fossa.  
f. always causes galactorrhoea.  
g. may be associated with acromegaly.  
h. is associated with menorrhagia.  
i. is associated with elevated levels of LH-RH.  
j. may be due to hypothyroidism.  
k. may cause male infertility.  

 

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