Thyrotropin secreting pituitary tumours: a cause of hyperthyroidism.
Pituitary thyrotropin excess resulting in hyperthyroidism has been previously reported in only 25 patients, of whom 19 had a pituitary tumour. This report describes a patient in whom a thyrotropin-producing pituitary tumour was associated with triiodothyronine thyrotoxicosis. Hypophysectomy was followed by a prompt fall in serum thyrotropin and a return to a euthyroid state.
D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D006980:Hyperthyroidism / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D013972:Thyrotropin / Q000378:metabolism*
D013972:Thyrotropin