Inappropriate secretion of thyroid stimulating hormone in a Filipino patient with a pituitary macroadenoma.
- Author:
	        		
		        		
		        		
			        		Bunoy Lermah S
			        		
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			        		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.