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Indian Journal of Neurosurgery 2016; 05(01): 037-039
DOI: 10.1055/s-0036-1572380
DOI: 10.1055/s-0036-1572380
Case Report
An Interesting Case of “Pituitary Macroadenoma” That Resolved with Levothyroxine Therapy
Further Information
Publication History
05 November 2015
18 November 2015
Publication Date:
24 February 2016 (online)
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Abstract
This is a rare case of asymptomatic severe primary hypothyroidism presenting for the first time as a pituitary macroadenoma to the neurosurgical team, which resolved after treatment with levothyroxine (T4) without the need for surgery.
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