A Thyroid-stimulating Hormone (TSH) Producing Adenoma in a Patient with Severe Hypothyroidism: Thyroxine Replacement Reduced the TSH Level and Tumor Size

We treated an extremely rare thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH)-producing pituitary adenoma in a 63-year-old woman with severe hypothyroidism due to autoimmune thyroiditis. She was presented with dizziness and fatigue. The blood level of TSH, prolactin, and fT4 was 288.2 μIU/mL, 72.9 ng/mL, and 0.24...

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Autores principales: Arimura, Hiroshi, Askoro, Rofat, Fujio, Shingo, Ummah, Fauziah C., Takajo, Tomoko, Nagano, Yushi, Nishio, Yoshihiko, Arita, Kazunori
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Japan Neurosurgical Society 2019
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6957777/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31938677
http://dx.doi.org/10.2176/nmccrj.cr.2018-0323

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