%0 Journal Article
%T An unusual pituitary mass revealing a primary hypothyroidism!
							| Clinics and Practice
%A Amal Moumen
%A Azzelarab Meftah
%A Ghizlaine Belmejdoub
%A Hamza El jadi
%A Souad Elmoussaoui
%J Clinics and Practice
%D 2015
%R https://doi.org/10.4081/cp.2015.733
%X Autoimmune hypothyroidism is a common medical condition. Its revelation by thyrotrophic hyperplasia is an unusual and may be misdiagnosed as a pituitary adenoma. A 35-year-old man is referred to us for endocrinological assessment before surgery of a pituitary macroadenoma with bitemporal hemianopsia. Biological data reveal profound primary hypothyroidism. With thyroid hormone substitution, the thyroid function was normalized. Follow-up magnetic resonance imaging, showed the complete shrinkage of the pituitary mass attesting of a thyrotrophic pituitary hyperplasia. This case highlights the importance of a multidisciplinary assessment of pituitary masses to avoid unnecessary surgery and to prevent consequences of sellar masses
%K primary hypothyroidism
%K pituitary hyperplasia
%K pituitary macroadenoma
%K autoimmune thyroiditis.
%U https://www.clinicsandpractice.org/index.php/cp/article/view/733