Primary hypothyroidism and essential hypernatremia in a patient with histiocytosis X
Ma, J.T.; Ho, F.C.; Wang, C.; Lam, K.S.; Yeung, R.T.
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Medicine 15(1): 72-74
1985
ISSN/ISBN: 0004-8291 PMID: 3873933 Document Number: 266912
A 27 year old woman with histiocytosis X had an unusual initial presentation with features of primary hypothyroidism and a goitre. Diagnosis was made by lung and thyroid biopsies. Endocrine tests showed the presence of hypopituitarism and a discrete suprasellar mass, consistent with hypothalamic histiocytosis X, was demonstrated by computerised tomography. Radiotherapy and chemotherapy arrested the clinical progression of the disease.