TSH-Secreting Pituitary Macroadenoma in a Girl with Lingual Thyroid

Case Rep Endocrinol. 2013:2013:570847. doi: 10.1155/2013/570847. Epub 2013 Sep 12.

Abstract

Patients with long-standing hypothyroid are, in some cases, reported to develop pituitary gland hyperplasia due to loss of feedback inhibition of thyroxine in hypothalamus-the condition of which typically regresses after thyroxine replacement. Herein, a 15-year-old girl-with long-standing untreated lingual hypothyroid-presents with a pathologically proven TSH pituitary macroadenoma and bilateral large ovarian cysts. Although MR imaging may differentiate between hyperplasia and macroadenoma of the pituitary gland, pathological examination is still a cornerstone to correct diagnosis.