Inappropriate Secretion of Thyroid Stimulating Hormone in a Filipino Patient with a Pituitary Macroadenoma

Authors

  • Lermah S. Bunoy Fellow, Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, St. Luke’s Medical Center, Philippines
  • Juan Maria Ibarra O. Co Consultant, Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, St. Luke’s Medical Center, Philippines

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.

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Published

2014-05-22

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Bunoy, L. S., & Ibarra O. Co, J. M. (2014). Inappropriate Secretion of Thyroid Stimulating Hormone in a Filipino Patient with a Pituitary Macroadenoma. Journal of the ASEAN Federation of Endocrine Societies, 27(1), 114. Retrieved from https://asean-endocrinejournal.org/index.php/JAFES/article/view/25

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Vol. 27 No. 1 (2012): May Issue

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Case Reports

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