Pituitary hyperplasia due to hypothyroidism.
Two cases of hypothyroidism with computed tomographic evidence of enlargement of the pituitary gland are reported; in both the enlargement disappeared after treatment. These findings are in agreement with the previously reported observation that an increase of TSH production in primary hypothyroidism may lead to pituitary hyperplasia.
D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006965:Hyperplasia; D007037:Hypothyroidism / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D007223:Infant; D010902:Pituitary Gland / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D011856:Radiographic Image Enhancement; D012658:Sella Turcica / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed