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Comparison of a Pituitary TSH-Secreting Micro- Versus Macroadenoma

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While more than 40 cases of TSH-secreting pituitary adenomas have been reported in the medical literature (1,2), little attention has been devoted to structural variability—in particular that due to carbohydrate microheterogeneity—of thyrotropin molecules derived from different tumors and distinct physiological states. We recently evaluated two patients representing extremes within the spectrum of TSH-secreting pituitary adenomas and have contrasted several biochemical features of these tumors.

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  1. Molecular, Cellular and Nutritional Endocrinology Branch,National Institute of Arthritis, Diabetes, and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA

    Neil Gesundheit, Patricia A. Petrick, Terry Taylor (Assistant Professor of Medicine) & Bruce D. Weintraub

  2. Surgical Neurology Branch, National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA

    Terry Taylor (Assistant Professor of Medicine)

  3. Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC, USA

    Edward H. Oldfield

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  1. University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil

    Geraldo Medeiros-Neto M.D. (Professor of Medicine, Secretary General) (Professor of Medicine, Secretary General)

  2. Ninth International Thyroid Congress, São Paulo, Brazil

    Geraldo Medeiros-Neto M.D. (Professor of Medicine, Secretary General) (Professor of Medicine, Secretary General)

  3. University of Mississippi Medical School, Jackson, Mississippi, USA

    Eduardo Gaitan M.D. (Professor of Medicine, Chief) (Professor of Medicine, Chief)

  4. Endocrinology Section, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, USA

    Eduardo Gaitan M.D. (Professor of Medicine, Chief) (Professor of Medicine, Chief)

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Gesundheit, N., Petrick, P.A., Taylor, T., Oldfield, E.H., Weintraub, B.D. (1986). Comparison of a Pituitary TSH-Secreting Micro- Versus Macroadenoma. In: Medeiros-Neto, G., Gaitan, E. (eds) Frontiers in Thyroidology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-5260-0_42

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