Thyrotropin-secreting adenoma in an adolescent girl without increased serum thyrotropin-alpha

E A Korn; G Gaich; M Brines; T O Carpenter

doi:10.1159/000184177

Thyrotropin-secreting adenoma in an adolescent girl without increased serum thyrotropin-alpha

Horm Res. 1994;42(3):120-3. doi: 10.1159/000184177.

Authors

E A Korn¹, G Gaich, M Brines, T O Carpenter

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pediatrics (Endocrinology) and Internal Medicine (Endocrinology), Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn. 06520-8064.

PMID: 7527792
DOI: 10.1159/000184177

Abstract

A 13-year-old girl with poor weight gain and pubertal delay was referred for hyperthyroidism. Slightly elevated levels of circulating thyroid hormones failed to suppress circulating thyrotropin (TSH) levels. Despite appropriate thyrotropin-releasing hormone stimulation of TSH secretion, a thyrotropin-secreting pituitary adenoma was identified as the cause of inappropriate TSH secretion.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adenoma / diagnosis
Adenoma / metabolism*
Adenoma / surgery
Adolescent
Female
Glycoprotein Hormones, alpha Subunit / blood*
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Pituitary Neoplasms / diagnosis
Pituitary Neoplasms / metabolism*
Pituitary Neoplasms / surgery
Thyrotropin / metabolism*
Thyrotropin-Releasing Hormone

Substances

Glycoprotein Hormones, alpha Subunit
Thyrotropin-Releasing Hormone
Thyrotropin