Evaluation of the thyroid characteristics of patients with growth hormone-secreting adenomas

• Published in: BMC endocrine disorders Vol. 19; no. 1; pp. 94 - 9
• Main Authors: Xu, Dianshuang, Wu, Bolin, Li, Xiaoju, Cheng, Yunjiu, Chen, Dubo, Fang, Yuefeng, Du, Qiu, Chen, Zhiyong, Wang, Xiaodong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 02.09.2019; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Acromegaly; Adenoma; Adenoma - metabolism; Adenoma - physiopathology; Adult; Aged; Biopsy; Calcification; Diagnosis; Diagnostic imaging; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Growth hormone secreting adenomas; Growth Hormone-Secreting Pituitary Adenoma - metabolism; Growth Hormone-Secreting Pituitary Adenoma - physiopathology; Growth hormones; Health aspects; Hormones; Hospitals; Human Growth Hormone - metabolism; Humans; Incidence; Insulin-like growth factors; Male; Menopause; Middle Aged; Morphology; Neurosurgery; NMR; Nodules; Nuclear magnetic resonance; Patients; Pituitary; Pituitary hormones; Pituitary tumors; Retrospective Studies; Somatotropin; Studies; Surgery; Taiwan - epidemiology; Thyroid cancer; Thyroid disease; Thyroid diseases; Thyroid Diseases - diagnosis; Thyroid Diseases - diagnostic imaging; Thyroid Diseases - epidemiology; Thyroid Diseases - metabolism; Thyroid Hormones - metabolism; Thyroid Nodule - diagnostic imaging; Thyroid Nodule - metabolism; Thyroid Nodule - pathology; Thyroid nodules; Tumors; Ultrasonic imaging; Ultrasonography; Ultrasound; Ultrasound imaging; Young Adult; Taiwan; China; Growth hormone secreting adenomas; Thyroid disease; Ultrasound; Thyroid nodules

Acromegaly is highly associated with thyroid disorders. However, the clinical characteristics of thyroid nodules in individuals with acromegaly who present with thyroid diseases have not been completely elucidated. Overall, 134 consecutive participants with growth hormone (GH)-secreting adenoma (n =...