Secondary pituitary insufficiency: report of three cases of ectopia or hemiagenesis of the thyroid gland.
Three patients with clinical and laboratory manifestations suggestive of pituitary insufficiency due to the presence of a pituitary tumor were found to have long-standing myxedema. The insidious appearance of the signs of hypothyroidism was explained by the cause of their disease--an ectopic thyroid gland in two patients and hemiagenesis of the thyroid in the third. Early recognition and treatment of such cases is important.
D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D004393:Dwarfism, Pituitary; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007018:Hypopituitarism / Q000175:diagnosis*; D007037:Hypothyroidism / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009230:Myxedema / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy; D011859:Radiography; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012658:Sella Turcica / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000002:abnormalities*; D013972:Thyrotropin / Q000627:therapeutic use
D013972:Thyrotropin