The Department of Endocrinology, 
Thyroid stimulating hormone microadenoma as a rare cause of thyrotoxicosis amenable to surgical cure.
- Section of Neurosurgery, Department of Neurological Sciences, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India. mazdaturel@gmail.com
Journal of clinical neuroscience : official journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia Vol. 19 · Issue 6 · pp. 887-8
PMID 22153796DOI 10.1016/j.jocn.2011.04.025
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Mazda K Turel, Hesarghatta S Asha, Simon Rajaratnam, Geeta Chacko, Ari G Chacko. Thyroid stimulating hormone microadenoma as a rare cause of thyrotoxicosis amenable to surgical cure. Journal of clinical neuroscience : official journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia. 2012;19(6):887-8. doi:10.1016/j.jocn.2011.04.025
Abstract
Hyperthyroidism due to a thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) pituitary adenoma is rare. We report a 29-year-old woman with thyrotoxicosis and elevated serum 3,5,3',5'-tetraiodothyronine and TSH levels that resolved after a transsphenoidal excision of the detected TSH pituitary adenoma. The diagnosis and management options in such patients are reviewed.
Keywords
- Adenoma
- Adult
- Female
- Humans
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Pituitary Neoplasms
- Thyrotoxicosis
- Thyrotropin
