A 45-year-old woman presents with new-onset severe headache, visual changes, and galactorrhea. Prolactin level is markedly elevated, and MRI shows a 1...

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A 45-year-old woman presents with new-onset severe headache, visual changes, and galactorrhea. Prolactin level is markedly elevated, and MRI shows a 1.5-cm pituitary macroadenoma compressing the optic chiasm. What is the most appropriate initial treatment?

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Dopamine agonist therapy

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Transsphenoidal surgical resection

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Radiation therapy

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Observation with repeat MRI in 6 months

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High-dose glucocorticoids

us-abfm MCQ (SBA): Prolactinoma

A 45-year-old woman presents with new-onset severe headache, visual changes, and galactorrhea. Prolactin level is markedly elevated, and MRI shows a 1.5-cm pituitary macroadenoma compressing the optic chiasm. What is the most appropriate initial treatment?