THYROTROPIN-SECRETING ADENOMA IN AN ADOLESCENT GIRL WITHOUT INCREASEDSERUM THYROTROPIN-ALPHA

Authors
KORN EA GAICH G BRINES M CARPENTER TO
Citation
Ea. Korn et al., THYROTROPIN-SECRETING ADENOMA IN AN ADOLESCENT GIRL WITHOUT INCREASEDSERUM THYROTROPIN-ALPHA, Hormone research, 42(3), 1994, pp. 120-123
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Endocrynology & Metabolism
Journal title
Hormone research → ACNP
ISSN journal
03010163
Volume
42
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
120 - 123
Database
ISI
SICI code
0301-0163(1994)42:3<120:TAIAAG>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
A 13-year-old girl with poor weight gain and pubertal delay was referr ed for hyperthyroidism. Slightly elevated levels of circulating thyroi d hormones failed to suppress circulating thyrotropin (TSH) levels. De spite appropriate thyrotropin-releasing hormone stimulation of TSH sec retion, a thyrotropin-secreting pituitary adenoma was identified as th e cause of inappropriate TSH secretion.