ReviewFrontiers in endocrinology2021
Case Report and Literature Review: Ectopic Thyrotropin-Secreting Pituitary Adenoma in the Suprasellar Region.
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- Endoscopic endonasal surgery for suprasellar ectopic pituitary neuroendocrine tumors featuring apoplexy and a preoperative differential diagnosis: illustrative cases.Journal of neurosurgery. Case lessons · 2025Article
- Ectopic Thyrotropin-Secreting Tumor in the Nasopharynx Causing Central Hyperthyroidism.JCEM case reports · 2025Article
- Intracranial neuroendocrine carcinoma with coexisting pituitary adenoma: a case report and comprehensive literature review.Frontiers in oncology · 2025Article
- Central hyperthyroidism due to an ectopic TSH-secreting pituitary tumor: a case report and literature review.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2024Review
- Ectopic invasive ACTH-secreting pituitary adenoma mimicking chordoma: a case report and literature review.BMC neurology · 2023Review
- Combination of transsphenoidal endoscopic surgery and presurgical somatostatin analogs in thyrotropin (TSH)-secreting pituitary adenomas: Treatment outcome and long-term remission at a single pituitary center.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2022Article
- Ectopic Adrenocorticotropic Hormone-Secreting Pituitary Adenoma in the Clivus Region: A Case Report.OncoTargets and therapy · 2022Article
- A patient with an ectopic sphenoid bone TSH secretory adenoma: Case report and review of the literature.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2022Review
- Clinical and Therapeutic Characteristics of Pituitary TSH-Secreting Adenoma in Adolescent-Onset Patients: Six Case Studies and Literature Review.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2021Article
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Abstract
Ectopic thyrotropin-secreting pituitary adenoma (ectopic TSH-oma) is a rare disorder that is easily misdiagnosed in clinical work. We report one patient who presented with hyperthyroidism and a suprasellar mass. In this case, preoperative diagnosis of suprasellar ectopic thyrotropin-secreting pituitary adenoma was challenging. A literature review revealed that a total of 11 patients with ectopic TSH-oma were previously reported, and only our one case was diagnosed in the microadenoma stage. Most of the patients with TSH-oma or ectopic TSH-oma were middle-aged. We described ectopic TSH-oma in a child at length. We recommend that ectopic TSH-oma should be considered in the differential diagnosis of thyrotoxicosis syndrome to achieve an accurate, early diagnosis. The somatostatin suppression test and imaging examinations, such as magnetic resonance imaging and positron emission tomography/magnetic resonance imaging, could contribute to the diagnosis. Once the diagnosis was highly suspected, tumor resection could achieve a satisfying long-term outcome in ectopic TSH-oma.
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