TSH secreting tumors
Are You Sure the Patient Has a TSHoma? Thyrotropin (TSH)-secreting pituitary adenomas (thyrotropinomas/TSHomas) are rare, accounting for only 2% of all secretory pituitary tumors, and <1% of all causes of hyperthyroidism. Thyrotropinomas are usually diagnosed in the fifth-sixth decades of life, and affects males and females equally. Despite the hallmark feature of central hyperthyroidism, thyrotropinomas…
