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A patient with thyrotropinoma cosecreting growth hormone and follicle-stimulating hormone with low alpha-glycoprotein: a new subentity?
Thyroid : official journal of the American Thyroid Association - 1 Aug 2009
Elhadd Tarik A, Ghosh Sujoy, Teoh Wei Leng, Trevethick Katy Ann, Hanzely Zoltan, Dunn Laurence T, Malik Iqbal A, Collier Andrew
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Thyrotropinomas are rare pituitary tumors. In 25 percent of cases there is autonomous secretion of a second pituitary hormone, adding to the clinical complexity. We report a patient with thyrotropin (TSH)-dependant hyperthyroidism along with growth hormone (GH) and follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) hypersecretion but low alpha-glycoprotein (alpha-subunit) concentrations, a hitherto unique...
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