Variable Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone Dynamics in ‘Silent’ Thyrotroph Adenomas

ABSTRACT: Objective: Pituitary adenomas that produce thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) are typically accompanied by hyperthyroxinemia and a non-suppressed or elevated TSH at diagnosis. Occasionally, patients with this type of tumor have normal thyroid function test results, a condition termed ‘silen...

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Main Authors: Nigel Glynn, MB, Anne Marie Hannon, MB, Michael Farrell, MD, Francesca Brett, MD, Mohsen Javadpour, MD, Amar Agha, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-01-01
Series:AACE Clinical Case Reports
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2376060520303047