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17505175

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-5-16
pubmed:abstractText
An unusual form of thyrotoxicosis due to chronic thyroiditis is described. A 78-year-old debilitated woman was admitted because of fever to 38 degrees C persisting for the previous 16 months, for which the antipyretic effect of diclofenac sodium and pranoprofen had been insufficient or transient. Intense accumulation of gallium-67 citrate in the thyroid gland provided an initial clue to the diagnosis of masked thyrotoxicosis as a cause of the fever, and naproxen (300 mg/d) eliminated the fever and flaring of thyrotoxicosis. Despite the absence of autoantibodies related to chronic thyroiditis, needle biopsy revealed destructive thyroiditis due to chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis. This case suggests a previously unrecognized variant of thyrotoxicosis due to chronic thyroiditis, that is, neither painless thyroiditis nor acute exacerbation of Hashimoto thyroiditis, and instead characterized by prolonged fever, nontender thyroid, absence of antibodies associated with autoimmune thyroiditis, and excellent response to naproxen.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0002-9629
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
333
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
305-8
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
A variant of thyrotoxicosis associated with chronic thyroiditis characterized by prolonged fever, absence of anti-thyroidal antibodies, and favorable response to naproxen.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Internal Medicine, KKR Hokuriku Hospital, Kanazawa, Japan. kanazawa-sihecd.inbox.ne.jp
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports