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. 1980 Dec;43(12):1141–1145. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.43.12.1141

Thyrotropin secreting pituitary tumours: a cause of hyperthyroidism

Ibrahim S Salti 1,2,3, Nuha Nuwayri-Salti 1,2,3, Ronald A Bergman 1,2,3, Sami I Nassar 1,2,3, Kamel F Muakkasah 1,2,3, Itaf Fakhri-Sahli 1,2,3
PMCID: PMC490789  PMID: 7217962

Abstract

Pituitary thyrotropin excess resulting in hyperthyroidism has been previously reported in only 25 patients, of whom 19 had a pituitary tumour. This report describes a patient in whom a thyrotropin-producing pituitary tumour was associated with triiodothyronine thyrotoxicosis. Hypophysectomy was followed by a prompt fall in serum thyrotropin and a return to a euthyroid state.

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