Thyrotoxicosis in a 13‐year‐old girl following pituitary adenectomy for Cushing′s disease

Our objective is to report a case of thyrotoxicosis following pituitary adenectomy for Cushing′s disease, the only pediatric case to our knowledge. No thyroid antibodies were detected, and the thyrotoxicosis was successfully treated for 3 months with no relapse after 5 years of follow‐up. The cause...

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Autores principales: Sigmarsdottir, Arndis Audur, Olafsson, Ingvar Hakon, Kjartansson, Ólafur, Bjarnason, Ragnar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2017
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5538062/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28781855
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.1049
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Sumario:Our objective is to report a case of thyrotoxicosis following pituitary adenectomy for Cushing′s disease, the only pediatric case to our knowledge. No thyroid antibodies were detected, and the thyrotoxicosis was successfully treated for 3 months with no relapse after 5 years of follow‐up. The cause of thyrotoxicosis remains unknown.

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