To the Editor: We reported 2 cases of ectopic thyroid gland (ETG) masquerading as pituitary adenoma (PA). The first case was a 15‐year‐old boy with growth, and mental retardation whose height was 121 cm and weight was 44 kg on admission. Bone age development index was 40, while bone age showed 6–10 years old. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed pituitary hyperplasia [Figure 1a]. Thyroid u...

A 12 yr-old, 30 kg female child was admitted with history of bilateral adrenalectomy for Cushing’s syndrome 3 years back, following which she developed severe darkening of skin all over body and gradually progressing headache. Her endocrine profile revealed ACTH levels of 220 pg/mL (Normal = 6-76 pg/mL) with cortisol of 1.2 μg/dL (normal = 5-25 μg/dL) for which prednisolone 5 mg and fludrocorti...

an experiment was conducted to investigate the effect of thyroid gland activity modulation (hyper or hypothyroidism) on energy utilization in broiler chickens. two hundred and forty one-day-old cobb broiler chicks were distributed into three dietary metabolizable energy (me) treatment groups (80 chicks each). the control group (e0) was fed basal diet (3150 kcal/kg diet), the second group (e1) w...

A 51-year-old physician was found in a taxi unable to tell the driver her address. At the emergency room, she was barely able to speak, disoriented and incontinent with mild left hemiparesis. Her history included transient left hemiparesis 8 years before when primary antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) as well as autoimmune hepatitis and Hashimoto’s thyroiditis were diagnosed. She was on warfarin, ...

The ovary is an endocrine and exocrine gland that plays primary role in female development and reproductive activities. The proper function of the ovary is influenced by other endocrine glands like the thyroid gland, which is one of the most important endocrine glands of the body that affects many cells all over it .This work is designed to focus on the histological and histochemical changes in...

OBJECTIVES This study investigated the impact of television news coverage on total adverse event reporting rates 1 month before and after the bulletins during a medication health scare. We further investigated whether individual side effects mentioned in each bulletin were reflected in the adverse event reports following the coverage. DESIGN A retrospective pre-post observational study. SET...

Received 2/4/2008; revised 2/22/2008; accepted 2/25/2008. For correspondence and reprints contact: Wen-Sheng Huang, M.D., Department of Nuclear Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital. 325 Section 2, Cheng-Kung Road, Neihu, Taipei 114, Taiwan. Tel: (886)2-87927374, Fax: (886)2-87927217, E-mail: [email protected] Objectives: Thyroid hormone (TH) exerts profound effects on the heart. The pre...

An experiment was conducted to investigate the effect of thyroid gland activity modulation (Hyper or hypothyroidism) on energy utilization in broiler chickens. Two hundred and forty one-day-old Cobb broiler chicks were distributed into three dietary metabolizable energy (ME) treatment groups (80 chicks each). The control group (E0) was fed basal diet (3150 kcal/kg diet), the second group (E1) w...