Dense calcification in a GH-secreting pituitary macroadenoma

Dense calcification in a GH-secreting pituitary macroadenoma

UNLABELLED A 30-year-old female presented with a history of secondary amenorrhoea, acromegalic features and progressive visual deterioration. She had elevated serum IGF1 levels and unsuppressed GH levels after an oral glucose tolerance test. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed a heterogeneously enhancing space-occupying lesion with atypical extensive calcification within the sellar and suprasel...

A FSH-Secreting Pituitary Macroadenoma Causing A Testosterone Deficiency Syndrome

GH-secreting pituitary macroadenoma (acromegaly) associated with progressive dental malocclusion and refractory CPAP treatment

BACKGROUND A link between progressive dental malocclusion, the use of a continuous positive airway pressure mask and GH-secreting pituitary macroadenoma (acromegaly) has not been previously reported. The present clinicopathological analysis stresses that tooth malposition should not be seen exclusively as a local process. CASE PRESENTATION A 62-year-old caucasian man with no relevant medical ...

TSH-Secreting Pituitary Macroadenoma in a Girl with Lingual Thyroid

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 bilatera...

A FSH-Secreting Pituitary Macroadenoma Causing A Testosterone Deficiency Syndrome

FSH-secreting pituitary adenomas can affect sexual and reproductive function. In this article, we have reported the case of a 32-year-old male with secondary infertility. The patient had sexual and reproductive disturbances. The test results of the blood samples indicated obviously decreased testosterone (T) and estradiol (E2) levels. Based on previous hormonal results, the patient received pit...