Ectopic Thyroid Masquerading as Pituitary Adenoma

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摘要To the Editor: We reported 2 cases of ectopic thyroid gland (ETG) masquerading as pituitary adenoma (PA).The first case was a 15-year-old boy with growth, and mental retardation whose height was 121 cm and weight was 44 kg on admission.Bone age development index was 40, while bone age showed 6-10 years old.Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed pituitary hyperplasia [Figure la].Thyroid ultrasonography did not found thyroid on the anterior aspect of the neck and thenormal position of thyroid gland.

作者单位 Department of Endocrinology, General Hospital of Chinese People's Liberation Army, Beijing 100853, China ^[1] International Medical Center, General Hospital of Chinese People's Liberation Army, Beijing 100853, China ^[2] Department of Emergency, General Hospital of Chinese People's Liberation Army, Beijing 100853, China ^[3]

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Correspondence

DOI 10.4103/0366-6999.171471

发布时间 2016-01-16

基金项目

The work was supported by grants from the Chinese National Natural Science Fund（30900543）； the Clinical Science Fund of PLA General Hospital（2013FC-TSYS-1028）； the Beijing Natural Science Fund（7152136）

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