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A case of constrictive pericarditis during cabergoline treatment for hyperprolactinaemia.

Löndahl, Magnus LU ; Nilsson, Anders ; Lindgren, Hans and Katzman, Per LU (2008) In European Journal of Endocrinology 158(4). p.583-585
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Treatment with dopamine agonists has been associated with cardiopulmonary fibrotic reactions, predominantly in patients treated for Parkinson's disease. To our knowledge, these reactions have previously not been associated with low-dose cabergoline treatment for hyperprolactinaemia. METHOD: A case of constrictive pericarditis in a patient treated with cabergoline for hyperprolactinaemia is presented. The patient has been treated at a county hospital and a university hospital in southern Sweden. RESULTS: A 20-year-old woman with a 3-year history of amenorrhoea was referred to the department in 1992. From 2001 to 2005, she was given cabergoline, 0.5-1.5 mg/week. In 2005 a pericardectomy was performed due to fibrotic, constrictive... (More)
OBJECTIVE: Treatment with dopamine agonists has been associated with cardiopulmonary fibrotic reactions, predominantly in patients treated for Parkinson's disease. To our knowledge, these reactions have previously not been associated with low-dose cabergoline treatment for hyperprolactinaemia. METHOD: A case of constrictive pericarditis in a patient treated with cabergoline for hyperprolactinaemia is presented. The patient has been treated at a county hospital and a university hospital in southern Sweden. RESULTS: A 20-year-old woman with a 3-year history of amenorrhoea was referred to the department in 1992. From 2001 to 2005, she was given cabergoline, 0.5-1.5 mg/week. In 2005 a pericardectomy was performed due to fibrotic, constrictive pericarditis. CONCLUSIONS: Our present case suggests that constrictive pericarditis may develop even on low-dose cabergoline, which might indicate that this reaction, as opposed to valvular fibrosis, is not mediated by a 5-HT(2B) agonistic mechanism. (Less)
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10.1530/EJE-07-0584
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  author       = {{Löndahl, Magnus and Nilsson, Anders and Lindgren, Hans and Katzman, Per}},
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  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{4}},
  pages        = {{583--585}},
  publisher    = {{Society of the European Journal of Endocrinology}},
  series       = {{European Journal of Endocrinology}},
  title        = {{A case of constrictive pericarditis during cabergoline treatment for hyperprolactinaemia.}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1530/EJE-07-0584}},
  doi          = {{10.1530/EJE-07-0584}},
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