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Table 1 Progress of patient between December 2014 and November 2022

From: Macroprolactinoma with secondary resistance to dopamine agonists: a case report and review of the literature 

Date

PRL (3.4–19.1 ug/L)

FT4 (9.0–19.0 pmol/L)

Total testosterone (4.9–32.0 nmol/L)

Tumor size (cm)

Medication

December 2014

 > 470

10.7

5.16

CC: 2.4

TR: 2.0

AP: 2.0

CAB 0.5 mg 2×/week

LT4 25 mcg OM

June 2015

121.9

CC: 1.3

TR: 1.5

AP: 1.8

CAB 0.75 mg 2×/week

LT4 75 mcg OM

July 2016

24.1

13.0

4.6

CC: 1.4

TR: 1.7

AP: 1.8

CAB 0.75 mg 2×/week

LT4 75 mcg OM

December 2017

 > 197.4

12.0

2.2

CC: 1.5

TR: 1.7

AP: 2.1

CAB 0.75 mg 2×/week

LT4 75 mcg EOD

LT4 100 mcg EOD

February 2020

93.8

10.5

1.4

CC: 2.5

TR: 1.8

AP: 1.7

CAB 0.75 mg 2×/week

LT4 50 mcg M-F

LT4 25 mcg S,S

T 100 mg q28 days

February 2021

160.8

CC: 2.2

TR: 1.6

AP: 1.7

CAB 0.75 mg 2×/week

LT4 25 mcg M-T

LT4 50 mcg F-S

T 100 mg q28 days

December 2021

271.1

10.2

-

CC: 2.8

TR: 2.0

AP: 1.9

CAB 1.5 mg, 1.5 mg, 1 mg

LT4 25 mcg M-T

LT4 50 mcg F-S

T 100 mg q28 days

April 2022

280.8

-

-

CC: 2.9

TR: 1.9

AP: 1.6

CAB 1.5 mg 3×/week

LT4 25 mcg M-T

LT4 50 mcg F-S

T 100 mg q28 days

September 2022 (preoperative)

236.6

9.3

20.6

CC: 2.7

TR: 1.9

AP: 1.7

CAB 2 mg 3×/week

LT4 50 mcg OM

T 100 mg q28 days

September 2022 (postoperative)

133.2

CAB 1 mg 2×/week

LT4 50 mcg OM

T 100 mg q28 days

October 2022

99.9

12.5

Intrasellar component:

CC: 0.7

TR: 0.9

AP: 1.3

Suprasellar component:

CC: 0.9

TR: 2.0

AP: 0.8

CAB 2 mg 3×/week

LT4 100 mcg OM

T 100 mg q28 days

  1. AP anteroposterior, CAB cabergoline, CC craniocaudal, EOD every other day, F–S Fridays to Sundays, FT4 free thyroxine, LT4 levothyroxine, M–F Mondays to Fridays, M–T Mondays to Thursday, OM once daily, PRL prolactin, S–S Saturdays to Sundays, T testosterone cypionate, TR transverse