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Case Reports
. 1983 Apr;76(4):529-31.
doi: 10.1097/00007611-198304000-00036.

Regression of pituitary tumor after thyroid replacement in primary hypothyroidism

L A Guerrero, R Carnovale
Case Reports

Regression of pituitary tumor after thyroid replacement in primary hypothyroidism

L A Guerrero et al. South Med J. 1983 Apr.

Abstract

We report the case of a young woman with primary hypothyroidism in whom a large pituitary tumor with suprasellar extension and the amenorrhea-galactorrhea syndrome developed. After nine months of thyroid replacement there was clinical and radiologic evidence of tumor regression.

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