Reversible suprasellar pituitary mass secondary to hypothyroidism

JAMA. 1989 Dec 8;262(22):3175-7.

Abstract

Sellar enlargement and suprasellar extension of a pituitary mass, demonstrated by magnetic resonance imaging or computed tomographic scanning in three children with primary hypothyroidism, resolved after treatment with levothyroxine sodium. This condition, a logical consequence of the pathogenesis of primary hypothyroidism, must be considered in patients with pituitary and suprasellar masses.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hyperplasia
  • Hypertrophy
  • Hypothyroidism / complications*
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Pituitary Gland / drug effects
  • Pituitary Gland / pathology*
  • Sella Turcica / pathology*
  • Thyroxine / therapeutic use
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

  • Thyroxine