Reversible suprasellar pituitary mass secondary to hypothyroidism.
Sellar enlargement and suprasellar extension of a pituitary mass, demonstrated by magnetic resonance imaging or computed tomographic scanning in three children with primary hypothyroidism, resolved after treatment with levothyroxine sodium. This condition, a logical consequence of the pathogenesis of primary hypothyroidism, must be considered in patients with pituitary and suprasellar masses.
Atchison
J A
JA
Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, PA.
Lee
P A
PA
Albright
A L
AL
D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006965:Hyperplasia; D006984:Hypertrophy; D007037:Hypothyroidism / Q000150:complications*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D010902:Pituitary Gland / Q000187:drug effects / Q000473:pathology*; D012658:Sella Turcica / Q000473:pathology*; D013974:Thyroxine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D013974:Thyroxine