Tsh and prolactin secretions in hashimoto's thyroiditis following withdrawal of thyroid hormone therapy.

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Changes in the pituitary-thyroid axis in patients with Hashimoto's thyroiditis following withdrawal of thyroid suppressive therapy were analyzed. The group of patients with thyroid adenoma served as control (group I). Patients with Hashimoto's thyroiditis were divided into 2 groups on the basis of serum TSH levels 8 weeks after discontinuing the exogenous throid hormone (group II, less than 10μU/ml; group III, more than 10μU/ml). During treatment with L-T4 (200μg/day) or L-T3 (50μg/day), there was no significant difference in serum T4-I and T3 levels among the three groups. Following L-T4 withdrawal, basal serum TSH levels were higher at 2 to 8 weeks in groups II and III than in group I. Serum TSH response to TRH was greater at 4 to 8 weeks in groups II and III than in group I. Following L-T3 withdrawal, basal serum TSH levels were higher at 1 and 2 weeks in group II than in group I, while those of group III were consistently higher during the study. Higher TSH responses to TRH were observed at 1 to 8 weeks in groups II and III. Neither basal nor TRH-induced prolactin (PRL) secretion differed significantly among the three groups. We have demonstrated that pituitary TSH secretion in patients with Hashimoto's thyroiditis is affected more by withdrawal of thyroid hormone therapy than in patients with thyroid adenoma. In addition, the present findings suggest a difference between the sensitivity of thyrotrophs and lactotrophs in Hashimoto's thyroiditis after prolonged thyroid therapy is discontinued.
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Tsh and prolactin secretions in hashimoto's thyroiditis following withdrawal of thyroid hormone therapy.

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