Thyrotroph cell adenoma of the human pituitary gland associated with primary hypothyroidism: clinical and morphological features
- 1 September 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Acta Endocrinologica
- Vol. 95 (1), 41-48
- https://doi.org/10.1530/acta.0.0950041
Abstract
The morphological features of a pituitary adenoma resected from a 39 yr old woman with hypothyroidism were investigated. Hypothyroidism followed radioactive Io treatment of pre-existing hyperthyroidism, presumably Graves'' disease. Blood TSH [thyrotropin] was low during a euthyroid interval and was elevated above normal with the onset of hypothyroidism. The presence of a small amount of TSH was demonstrated in the tumor by radioimmunoassay. By conventional histology the tumor was chromophobe adenoma. Some fine secretory granules stained with aldehyde thionin but were negative with PAS [periodic acid Schiff] and contained no immunoreactive TSH. By light microscopy and EM, the tumor cells differed from thyroid deficiency cells. They were small and angular, containing numerous microtubules and small spherical secretory granules, oriented mainly along the plasma membranes. The tumor was considered to represent a thyrotroph cell adenoma, arising from protracted overstimulation secondary to chronic thyroid hormone deficiency.This publication has 9 references indexed in Scilit:
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