Primary hypothyroidism in a 12-year-old girl with a suprasellar pituitary mass: rapid regression after thyroid replacement therapy: case report.
The authors report on a 12-year-old girl with a suprasellar mass and primary hypothyroidism in whom the lesion promptly regressed following initiation of thyroid replacement therapy. Based on this experience, it is suggested that secondary pituitary hyperplasia be included in the differential diagnostic considerations of a suprasellar lesion in a child and that resolution of the hyperplasia may occur in a matter of weeks rather than months as previously reported.
Ashley
William W
WW
Departments of Neurological Surgery and Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, St Louis Children's Hospital, St Louis, Missouri, USA.
Ojemann
Jeffrey G
JG
Park
Tae Sung
TS
Wippold
Franz J
FJ
D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006965:Hyperplasia; D007037:Hypothyroidism / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010902:Pituitary Gland / Q000473:pathology*; D013974:Thyroxine / Q000627:therapeutic use*
D013974:Thyroxine