The Frequency of Hyperprolactinemia in Patients with Primary Empty Sella a Retrospective Single Centre Study in Saudi Community Based Hospital

Khalid S. Aljabri, MD, FRCPC, FACP^1*, Ibrahim M. Alnasser, MD², Facharatz², Samia A. Bokhari, MD, SBEM¹, Muneera A. Alshareef, MD, SBIM¹, Patan M. Khan, MD, MRCP¹, Abdulla Mallosho, MD¹, Hesham M. AbuElsaoud, MD¹, Mohammad M. Jalal, MD¹, Rania F. Safwat, MD¹, Rehab El Boraie, MD¹, Nawaf K. Aljabri, MLT³, Bandari K. Aljabri, MS⁴, Arwa Y. Alserihy, MS⁴ & Amjad I. Hawsawi, MS⁴

¹Department of Endocrinology, King Fahad Armed Forces Hospital, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
²Department of Radiology, King Fahad Armed Forces Hospital, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
³Department of Laboratory, Northern Armed Forces Hospital, Hafr Al-Batin, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
⁴College of Medicine, Um Al Qura University, Makkah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Dr. Khalid S. Aljabri, MD, FRCPC, FACP, Department of Endocrinology, King Fahad Armed Forces Hospital, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Keywords: Hyperprolactinemia; Empty Sella

Abstract

Background and Objective
To estimate retrospectively the frequency of hyperprolactinemia in patients with primary empty sella (PES).
Design
All MRI pituitary records were collected from the radiology department data base between January 2008 and November 2018 at King Fahad Armed Forces Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. MRI, clinical Records and serum prolactin of patients were thoroughly analyzed. Serum prolactin <324 mU/l was considered to be normal for our laboratory reference.

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