Difficulties in diagnostics of TSH-producing pituitary adenoma. Clinical case

• Druzhinina A.S.

AbstractThyrotropinoma is a rare benign pituitary tumor. It appears only in 1-2% cases among all the pituitary hormone producing adenomas. Usually thyrotropinoma produces only one hormone, but sometimes (in 25%) it can produce many. Commonly the first symptoms of the disease are headache, visual disorders and signs of thyrotoxicosis. We present a clinical case of a 51-year-old man with thyrotropinoma with plural hormone producing.

Keywords:thyrotropinoma, macroadenoma, pituitary

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