• Media type: E-Article
  • Title: Thyrotoxicosis in a 13‐year‐old girl following pituitary adenectomy for Cushing′s disease
  • Contributor: Sigmarsdottir, Arndis Audur; Olafsson, Ingvar Hakon; Kjartansson, Ólafur; Bjarnason, Ragnar
  • imprint: Wiley, 2017
  • Published in: Clinical Case Reports
  • Language: English
  • DOI: 10.1002/ccr3.1049
  • ISSN: 2050-0904
  • Keywords: General Medicine
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  • Description: <jats:title>Key Clinical Message</jats:title><jats:p>Our objective is to report a case of thyrotoxicosis following pituitary adenectomy for Cushing′s disease, the only pediatric case to our knowledge. No thyroid antibodies were detected, and the thyrotoxicosis was successfully treated for 3 months with no relapse after 5 years of follow‐up. The cause of thyrotoxicosis remains unknown.</jats:p>
  • Access State: Open Access