Galactorrhea after pectus excavatum repair with intercostal cryoablation
Galactorrhea is a physiologic response classically associated with gonadal-hormonal axis changes, medication side effects, and increased prolactin levels. A less common cause of galactorrhea is chest wall trauma, which includes surgical procedures affecting the chest wall. We present the case of an...
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| author | Landis R. Walsh Quoc-Hung Nguyen Naina Bagrodia Lawrence Bodenstein |
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| description | Galactorrhea is a physiologic response classically associated with gonadal-hormonal axis changes, medication side effects, and increased prolactin levels. A less common cause of galactorrhea is chest wall trauma, which includes surgical procedures affecting the chest wall. We present the case of an adolescent female with milky discharge from both breasts sixteen days after video-assisted pectus excavatum repair with intercostal nerve cryoablation. Evaluation was significant for elevated prolactin levels but otherwise unremarkable. Both the galactorrhea and elevated prolactin levels resolved without specific therapy. The etiology may be related to the surgical repair, cryoablation, or a combination of the two. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-449293d6e2ec43cca5098b8e0574ab8e2023-01-16T04:08:05ZengElsevierJournal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports2213-57662023-02-0189102562Galactorrhea after pectus excavatum repair with intercostal cryoablationLandis R. Walsh0Quoc-Hung Nguyen1Naina Bagrodia2Lawrence Bodenstein3Cohen Children's Medical Center, Division of Pediatric Surgery, New Hyde Park, NY, USA; Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Hempstead, NY, USA; Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, USACohen Children's Medical Center, Division of Pediatric Surgery, New Hyde Park, NY, USA; Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Hempstead, NY, USACohen Children's Medical Center, Division of Pediatric Surgery, New Hyde Park, NY, USA; Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Hempstead, NY, USACohen Children's Medical Center, Division of Pediatric Surgery, New Hyde Park, NY, USA; Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Hempstead, NY, USA; Corresponding author. Cohen Children's Medical Center, Division of Pediatric Surgery, New Hyde Park, NY, USA.Galactorrhea is a physiologic response classically associated with gonadal-hormonal axis changes, medication side effects, and increased prolactin levels. A less common cause of galactorrhea is chest wall trauma, which includes surgical procedures affecting the chest wall. We present the case of an adolescent female with milky discharge from both breasts sixteen days after video-assisted pectus excavatum repair with intercostal nerve cryoablation. Evaluation was significant for elevated prolactin levels but otherwise unremarkable. Both the galactorrhea and elevated prolactin levels resolved without specific therapy. The etiology may be related to the surgical repair, cryoablation, or a combination of the two.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221357662200389XPectus excavatumCryoablationGalactorrhea |
| spellingShingle | Landis R. Walsh Quoc-Hung Nguyen Naina Bagrodia Lawrence Bodenstein Galactorrhea after pectus excavatum repair with intercostal cryoablation Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports Pectus excavatum Cryoablation Galactorrhea |
| title | Galactorrhea after pectus excavatum repair with intercostal cryoablation |
| title_full | Galactorrhea after pectus excavatum repair with intercostal cryoablation |
| title_fullStr | Galactorrhea after pectus excavatum repair with intercostal cryoablation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Galactorrhea after pectus excavatum repair with intercostal cryoablation |
| title_short | Galactorrhea after pectus excavatum repair with intercostal cryoablation |
| title_sort | galactorrhea after pectus excavatum repair with intercostal cryoablation |
| topic | Pectus excavatum Cryoablation Galactorrhea |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221357662200389X |
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