TSH-secreting adenomas

P Beck-Peccoz, L Persani, D Mannavola… - Best Practice & Research …, 2009 - Elsevier
Thyrotropin-secreting pituitary adenomas (TSHomas) are a rare cause of hyperthyroidism
and account for less than 2% of all pituitary adenomas. In the last years, the diagnosis has …

Pituitary carcinoma: difficult diagnosis and treatment

AP Heaney - The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Context: Although pituitary tumors are common, pituitary carcinoma is very rare and is only
diagnosed when pituitary tumor noncontiguous with the sellar region is demonstrated …

Treatment of aggressive pituitary tumours and carcinomas: results of a European Society of Endocrinology (ESE) survey 2016

A McCormack, OM Dekkers, S Petersenn… - European Journal of …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Objective To collect outcome data in a large cohort of patients with aggressive pituitary
tumours (APT)/carcinomas (PC) and specifically report effects of temozolomide (TMZ) …

2013 European thyroid association guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of thyrotropin-secreting pituitary tumors

P Beck-Peccoz, A Lania, A Beckers… - European thyroid …, 2013 - etj.bioscientifica.com
Hyperthyroidism is mainly due to autoimmune thyroid disorders or toxic goiter, and very
rarely to the presence of thyrotropin (TSH)-secreting pituitary adenomas (TSHomas). These …

Long-term outcome and MGMT as a predictive marker in 24 patients with atypical pituitary adenomas and pituitary carcinomas given treatment with temozolomide

D Bengtsson, HD Schrøder, M Andersen… - The Journal of …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Context/Objective: Locally aggressive pituitary tumors (LAPT) and pituitary carcinomas
respond poorly to conventional therapy and cytotoxic drugs. Temozolomide (TMZ) is an oral …

Thyrotropin-secreting pituitary adenomas: epidemiology, diagnosis, and management

FG Amlashi, NA Tritos - Endocrine, 2016 - Springer
Inappropriate secretion of TSH was first described in 1960 in a patient with evidence of
hyperthyroidism and expanded sella on imaging. It was later found that a type of pituitary …

Diagnosis of endocrine disease: diagnostic approach to TSH-producing pituitary adenoma

A Tjörnstrand, HF Nyström - European journal of endocrinology, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Thyrotropin (TSH)-secreting adenomas (TSHomas) are the rarest form of pituitary
adenomas, and most endocrinologists will see few cases in a lifetime, if any. In most cases …

An institutional experience of tumor progression to pituitary carcinoma in a 15-year cohort of 1055 consecutive pituitary neuroendocrine tumors

OM Alshaikh, SL Asa, O Mete, S Ezzat - Endocrine pathology, 2019 - Springer
Pituitary carcinoma is a rare disease, defined by the presence of cerebrospinal or distant
metastasis of a pituitary neuroendocrine tumor (PitNET). To review our institutional …

Corticotrophic pituitary carcinoma with cervical metastases: case series and literature review

F Yoo, EC Kuan, AP Heaney, M Bergsneider, MB Wang - Pituitary, 2018 - Springer
Purpose Pituitary tumors are the second most common intracranial tumors, however,
pituitary carcinoma is a rare clinical entity which represents only 0.1–0.2% of all pituitary …

Outcome and prognostic factors for pituitary carcinomas: lessons from a systematic review

P Raymond, G Raverot, MD Ilie - Endocrine-related cancer, 2023 - erc.bioscientifica.com
Purpose The purpose of this work was toinvestigate the clinicopathological characteristics at
the initial diagnosis of the pituitary tumor and at pituitary carcinoma (PC) diagnosis …