Inappropriate secretion of thyroid stimulating hormone in a Filipino patient with a pituitary macroadenoma.
- Author:
Bunoy Lermah S
;
Co Juan Maria Ibarra O
- Publication Type:Case Reports
- Keywords: Pituitary Macroadenoma; Thyroid Stimulating Hormone; Tsh-producing Adenoma
- MeSH: Male; Adenoma; Anorexia; Craniotomy; Headache; Nausea; Philippines; Pituitary Neoplasms; Seizures; Thyroid Hormones; Thyrotropin; Vomiting
- From: Journal of the ASEAN Federation of Endocrine Societies 2012;27(1):114-118
- CountryPhilippines
- Language:English
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Abstract:
Pituitary tumors producing thyrotropin are very rare. We report a case of a 38-year-old, male admitted for seizure, preceded by 1 week history of generalized weakness, fatigue, anorexia, nausea and vomiting, with a 5 year history of recurrent headache followed by blurring of vision, who was found to have persistently elevated serum free thyroid hormones and non-suppressed thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) levels, with tumor residual after craniotomy with excision of the pituitary macroadenoma. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of TSH-producing adenoma in the Philippines.