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Persistent hyperprolactinemia and bilateral galactocele in a male infant: case report
Galactocele is a benign breast lesion, usually occurring in nursing women. This lesion is a rare cause of breast enlargement in
children. In this paper we describe the case of an infant with hyperprolactinemia (which persisted throughout 15 years of clinical
observation) and bilateral galactocele.We speculate that a congenital midline defect in our patient might have impaired the normal
dopaminergic inhibitory tone on pituitary lactotroph cells, thus leading to an increased prolactin secretion by the pituitary gland;
this, in turn, might have favored the development of the galactocele
Persistent Hyperprolactinemia and Bilateral Galactocele in a Male Infant
Galactocele is a benign breast lesion, usually occurring in nursing women.
This lesion is a rare cause of breast enlargement in children. In this paper we describe
the case of an infant with hyperprolactinemia (which persisted throughout 15 years of
clinical observation) and bilateral galactocele. We speculate that a congenital midline defect in our patient might have impaired the normal dopaminergic inhibitory tone on pituitary lactotroph cells, thus leading to an increased prolactin secretion by the pituitary gland; this, in turn, might have favored the development of the galactocele
Use of native species and biodegradable chelating agents in the phytoremediation of abandoned mining areas
Abstract BACKGROUND: The application of phytostabilization and assisted phytoextraction to the remediation of abandoned mining areas can be a valuable method to reclaim these areas without modifying soil and landscape characteristics. An in situ application of a continuous phytoextraction technique was carried out in the area of Campo Pisano (Sardinia, Italy), followed by a laboratory assisted phytoextraction test using the biodegradable chelating agents methylglycine diacetic acid (MGDA) and iminodissuccinic acid (IDSA). The plants used were Scrophularia canina subsp. bicolor, Cistus salviifolius and Teucrium flavum subsp. glaucum