Failure of Short-term Administration of Thyrotrophic Hormone to Produce Exophthalmos in Man. ∗

Abstract

Summary

The parenteral administration of thyroid stimulating doses of 3 thyrothrophic hormone preparations in 13 patients both with and without thyroid glands for from 3 to 22 days failed to cause any statistically significant increase in proptosis. Under the conditions of this experiment, the short-term administration of TSH did not cause exophthalmos in man.