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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/119365| Title: | Type 2 amiodarone-induced thyrotoxicosis in a patient with positive thyroid-stimulating hormone-receptor antibodies |
| Authors: | Piscopo, Naomi Soler, Samuel F. Mifsud, Simon Vella, Sandro |
| Keywords: | Amiodarone Hyperthyroidism Thyrotropin Hormone receptors |
| Issue Date: | 2023 |
| Publisher: | MA Healthcare Ltd |
| Citation: | Piscopo, N., Soler, S. F., Mifsud, S., & Vella, S. (2023). Type 2 amiodarone-induced thyrotoxicosis in a patient with positive thyroid-stimulating hormone-receptor antibodies. British Journal of Hospital Medicine, 84(2), 1-3. |
| Abstract: | The authors present a case of type 2 amiodarone-induced thyrotoxicosis in a 55-year-old man with positive thyroid-stimulating hormone-receptor antibodies, who had not been taking amiodarone for 8months. This case highlights that the presence of thyroid-stimulating hormone-receptor antibodies does not necessarily imply the development of Graves’ disease. It also demonstrates that amiodarone-induced thyrotoxicosis can present several months after withdrawal of amiodarone treatment. In this case, the rapid and dramatic drop in free triiodothyronine levels with glucocorticoid therapy suggested type 2 amiodarone-induced thyrotoxicosis. |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/119365 |
| Appears in Collections: | Scholarly Works - FacM&SMed |
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