Plurihormone secreting pituitary macroadenoma masquerading as thyrotoxicosis: Clinical presentation and diagnostic challenges

Plurihormone secreting pituitary macroadenoma masquerading as thyrotoxicosis: Clinical presentation and diagnostic challenges

Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) secreting adenomas are the rarest type of pituitary adenomas (1:1000000 in the population; 0.2- 2.8% of adenomas). Plurihormonal thyrotropic adenomas are even rarer usually having cosecretion of growth hormone (GH) and prolactin. We report perhaps for the first time...

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Main Authors: Indira Maisnam, Deep Dutta, Rajesh Jain, Sujoy Ghosh, Satinath Mukhopadhyay, Subhankar Chowdhury
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2012-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism
Subjects:
Gonadotropins
growth hormone
pituitary adenoma
plurihormonal
thyroid stimulating hormone
Online Access:http://www.ijem.in/article.asp?issn=2230-8210;year=2012;volume=16;issue=8;spage=315;epage=317;aulast=Maisnam

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