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Prolactinoma and Supernumerary breast

From: Anjie (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 12 Jul 2001 13:48:39 -0500 (CDT)

I am a 32-year old female with a 4-year old child. I developed supernumerary breast in both my axillas during my pregnancy, which, my obgyn said would most probably go away after I stopped nursing. I actively nursed my child for a full year (no formula). The ectopic breast tissues (along with a nipple-like part on the skin close to the axilla on my back) continue to exist more than 3 years after I stopped breast-feeding. These are only a minor inconvenience - and I hadn't bothered about them in all this time.

About 3 months back, I noticed milk discharge from both my breasts after breast stimulation. A blood-test revealed 39 ng of prolactin - (about twice the maximum normal limit); and a subsequent MRI revealed a 3-mm pituitary adenoma.

The endocrinologist I went to see started me on Parlodel (Bromocriptine) but I stopped it after a couple of days after the bothersome side effects. I am still waiting to talk to my endocrinologist about other options.

Questions:

* Are the two related? Both my ObGyn and Endo say "could be". In all the material that I have found on the internet (and I have found quite a bit), I didn't see any case having both supernumerary breasts AND galactorrhea (because of a prolactinoma).

* How would another pregnancy (I am considering that) affect both conditions?

* Anything else I should be concerned about?

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