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19175067

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-1-29
pubmed:abstractText
A young female patient suffering from Graves' disease is presented, who raised some diagnostic and therapeutic dilemmas after being diagnosed with subclinical hyperthyroidism following total thyroidectomy. This 20-year-old female patient, carrier of HLA B8 DR3 genes, was referred to our hospital for total thyroidectomy after developing severe leukopenia on both methimazole and propylthiouracil therapy. A high postoperative titer of thyrotropin receptor antibodies and positive scintigraphy finding of the pyramidal lobe and remnant thyroid tissue in the left thyroid lobe led to the administration of radioiodine. Despite further enlargement of the remnant thyroid tissue on post-radioiodine scintiscanning, the patient is currently euthyroid, with normal thyroid-stimulating hormone levels; however, her long-term prognosis remains uncertain.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0353-9466
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
47
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
171-4
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Why does the patient with Graves' disease remain euthyroid/mildly hyperthyroid following total thyroidectomy--the role of thyrotropin receptor antibodies (TRAb) and vestigial remnants of the thyroglossal tract.
pubmed:affiliation
University Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia. mberkovi@globalnet.hr
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports