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TSH- and FSH- LH-secreting pituitary adenomas are rather rare. Gonadotropin-producing adenomas may be misdiagnosed as nonsecreting adenomas.
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Bonneville, JF., Cattin, F., Dietemann, JL. (1986). Rare Pituitary Adenomas. In: Computed Tomography of the Pituitary Gland. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-70375-1_10
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