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HYPERTHYROIDISM DUE TO A THYROTROPHIN‐SECRETING MICROADENOMA
Author(s) -
KELLETT HILARY A.,
WYLLIE A. H.,
DALE B. A. B.,
BEST J. J. K.,
TOFT A. D.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
clinical endocrinology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.055
H-Index - 147
eISSN - 1365-2265
pISSN - 0300-0664
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2265.1983.tb00743.x
Subject(s) - medicine , endocrinology , secretion , adenoma , pituitary adenoma , pituitary gland , fossa , hormone , surgery
SUMMARY We report a 63‐year‐old female with a TSH‐secreting pituitary adenoma causing hyperthyroidism. This case is apparently unique, and challenges the present concept of dividing patients with inappropriate TSH secretion into tumour and non‐tumour groups on the basis of conventional pituitary fossa radiology.