Thyrotropin-secreting pituitary adenomas: epidemiology, diagnosis, and management

FG Amlashi, NA Tritos - Endocrine, 2016 - Springer
Inappropriate secretion of TSH was first described in 1960 in a patient with evidence of
hyperthyroidism and expanded sella on imaging. It was later found that a type of pituitary …

Peptide receptor targeting in cancer: the somatostatin paradigm

F Barbieri, A Bajetto, A Pattarozzi… - … journal of peptides, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Peptide receptors involved in pathophysiological processes represent promising therapeutic
targets. Neuropeptide somatostatin (SST) is produced by specialized cells in a large number …

Clinicopathological characteristics and therapeutic outcomes in thyrotropin-secreting pituitary adenomas: a single-center study of 90 cases

S Yamada, N Fukuhara, K Horiguchi… - Journal of …, 2014 - thejns.org
Object The aim of this study was to analyze clinicopathological characteristics and treatment
outcomes in a large single-center clinical series of cases of thyrotropin (TSH)–secreting …

National incidence and prevalence of TSH-secreting pituitary adenomas in Sweden

L Önnestam, K Berinder, P Burman… - The Journal of …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Context: TSH-secreting pituitary adenomas (TSHomas) are rare. Epidemiological data are
scant and there are no reports on national incidence. Objective: The objective of the study …

Complications of acromegaly: thyroid and colon

A Tirosh, I Shimon - Pituitary, 2017 - Springer
Introduction In acromegaly the long-term exposure to high growth hormone (GH) and insulin-
like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) levels may result in specific complications in different human …

Thyrotropin-secreting pituitary adenomas

P Beck-Peccoz, L Persani, S Mantovani, D Cortelazzi… - Metabolism, 1996 - Elsevier
Normal or elevated thyrotropin (TSH) levels in hyperthyroid patients are characteristic of rare
TSH-secreting pituitary adenoma (TSH-oma), which is easily detectable by computed …

Clinical outcome and evidence of high rate post-surgical anterior hypopituitarism in a cohort of TSH-secreting adenoma patients: Might somatostatin analogs have a …

F Gatto, LF Grasso, E Nazzari, T Cuny, P Anania… - Pituitary, 2015 - Springer
Purpose Thyrotropin-secreting pituitary adenomas (TSHomas) represent a rare subtype of
pituitary tumors. Neurosurgery (NCH) is still considered the first-line therapy. In this study we …

Short-term preoperative octreotide treatment for TSH-secreting pituitary adenoma

N Fukuhara, K Horiguchi, H Nishioka, H Suzuki… - Endocrine …, 2015 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Preoperative control of hyperthyroidism in patients with TSH-secreting pituitary adenomas
(TSHoma) may avoid perioperative thyroid storm. Perioperative administration of octreotide …

Balance between somatostatin and D2 receptor expression drives TSH‐secreting adenoma response to somatostatin analogues and dopastatins

F Gatto, F Barbieri, M Gatti, R Wurth… - Clinical …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Context First‐line therapy for thyrotropin‐secreting pituitary adenomas (TSHomas) is
neurosurgery, while medical treatment rests mainly on somatostatin analogues. Clinically …

Thyrotropin-secreting pituitary adenomas

P Beck-Peccoz, L Persani - Pituitary Disease, 2011 - Springer
Hyperthyroidism resulting from excessive thyroid stimulation by thyrotropin is rare. However,
since the advent of ultrasensitive TSH immunometric assays as first line test for thyroid …