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ArticleBMJ case reports2019

Challenging diagnosis of resistance to thyroid hormone in a patient with pituitary adenoma.

Nelson Carvalho Cunha, Leonor Gomes, Margarida Bastos

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Article in BMJ case reports, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Resistance to Thyroid Hormones: A Case-Series Study.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Nelson Carvalho CunhaServiço de Endocrinologia, Diabetes e Metabolismo, Centro Hospitalar e Universitario de Coimbra EPE, Coimbra, Portugal.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6610-5743
Leonor GomesServiço de Endocrinologia, Diabetes e Metabolismo, Centro Hospitalar e Universitario de Coimbra EPE, Coimbra, Portugal.
Margarida BastosServiço de Endocrinologia, Diabetes e Metabolismo, Centro Hospitalar e Universitario de Coimbra EPE, Coimbra, Portugal.
Hospitais da Universidade de Coimbra · PT

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The elevation of thyroid hormone with a normal or elevated thyroid-stimulation hormone (TSH) occurs uncommonly. This set a diagnosis challenge between TSH-secreting pituitary adenoma and resistance to thyroid hormone (RTH). We report a case of a young female patient with palpitations, with elevated thyroid hormone and non-suppressed TSH. TSH receptor antibody was undetectable. Thyroid ultrasound revealed mild heterogeneous goitre, and MRI revealed a microadenoma with 7.5 mm length in pituitary's left lobe. Pituitary hormones were within normal ranges. The thyrotropin-releasing hormone stimulation test showed normal TSH elevation, consistent with RTH. The genetic test revealed a mutation in heterozygosity in THRB gene (G344R) confirming RTH-beta. No pituitary surgery or thyroidectomy was performed nor were prescribed any antithyroid drugs. Inappropriate secretion of TSH requires a high level of clinical suspicion and the proper laboratory, genetic and radiological studies to conduct a correct diagnosis and prevent unnecessary and potential harmful therapies.

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AdenomaDiagnosis, DifferentialFemaleGenetic TestingHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingPituitary NeoplasmsThyroid Hormone Receptors betaThyroid Hormone Resistance SyndromeThyroid HormonesYoung AdultThyroid Hormone Receptors betaThyroid Hormonesgeneticspituitary disordersthyroid disease

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PMID31326901
PMCPMC6663254
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