HYPERTHYROIDISM AFTER SECTION OF THE PITUITARY STALK FOR MALIGNANT EXOPHTHALMOS: REPORT OF A CASE
- 1 July 1960
- journal article
- research article
- Published by The Endocrine Society in Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
- Vol. 20 (7) , 1029-1033
- https://doi.org/10.1210/jcem-20-7-1029
Abstract
In the patient discussed in this report, hyperthyroidism developed after section of the pituitary stalk and after anterior pituitary deficiency was evident from clinical examination and laboratory tests. Assays for thyrotropin in the blood at a time when signs of pituitary deficiency existed, showed the presence of a thyroid-activating substance similar to that found in other patients with hyperthyroidism.Keywords
This publication has 10 references indexed in Scilit:
- FURTHER EVIDENCE FOR A THYROID ACTIVATOR IN HYPERTHYROIDISM*Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 1960
- DISTRIBUTION OF SERUM RADIOIODINATED COMPOUNDS IN EUTHYROID AND HYPERTHYROID PATIENTS FOLLOWING HYPOPHYSECTOMY*Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 1959
- THYROID ADENOMAS AND THYROTOXICOSIS IN PATIENTS WITH HYPOPITUITARISM FOLLOWING HYPOPHYSECTOMYJournal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 1959
- THE BIOASSAY OF THYROTROPIN IN SERUM1Endocrinology, 1958
- DELAYED THYROID RESPONSE TO SERUM FROM THYROTOXIC PATIENTSEndocrinology, 1958
- HYPERTHYROIDISM IN A PATIENT WITH POSTPARTUM NECROSIS OF THE PITUITARY: CASE REPORT AND IMPLICATIONSJournal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 1958
- HYPERTHYROIDISM IN A PATIENT WITH A PITUITARY CHROMOPHOBE ADENOMA AND A FRAGMENT OF NORMAL PITUITARYJournal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 1958
- CLINICAL PROGRESS IN THE TREATMENT OF EXOPHTHALMOS OF GRAVES' DISEASE, WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE EFFECT OF PITUITARY SURGERY*Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 1957
- DETERMINATION OF 17-KETOSTEROIDS IN URINEJournal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 1953
- ESTIMATION OF 17-HYDROXYCORTICOIDS IN URINE1952