Hyperprolactinemia diagnosis in elderly men: a cohort of 28 patients over 65 years.

Purpose: To characterize a cohort of elderly men with prolactinomas and their response to treatment.

Methods: We have identified 28 elderly men diagnosed after the age of 65 with prolactinomas at seven different endocrine clinics in Israel. A retrospective electronic chart review identified a control group of 76 younger men with macroprolactinomas treated in one of the centers.