Multihormonal pituitary adenoma concomitant with Pit-1 and Tpit lineage cells causing acromegaly associated with subclinical Cushing’s disease: a case report

Multihormonal pituitary adenoma concomitant with Pit-1 and Tpit lineage cells causing acromegaly associated with subclinical Cushing’s disease: a case report

Abstract Background A functional pituitary adenoma can produce multiple anterior-pituitary hormones, such as growth hormone (GH) -producing adenomas (GHoma) with prolactin or thyrotropin stimulating hormone production in the same lineage. However, it is very rare that acromegaly shows subclinical Cu...

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Main Authors: Tomoko Takiguchi, Hisashi Koide, Hidekazu Nagano, Akitoshi Nakayama, Masanori Fujimoto, Ai Tamura, Eri Komai, Akina Shiga, Takashi Kono, Seiichiro Higuchi, Ikki Sakuma, Naoko Hashimoto, Sawako Suzuki, Yui Miyabayashi, Norio Ishiwatari, Kentaro Horiguchi, Yukio Nakatani, Koutaro Yokote, Tomoaki Tanaka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-09-01
Series:BMC Endocrine Disorders
Subjects:
Case report
GHoma
Subclinical Cushing’s disease
Pituitary adenoma
Transcriptional factor
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12902-017-0203-5

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