Report of 10 cases with unusual manifestations in Thyrotoxicosis

Background and Objective: Diagnosis of hyperthyroidism and graves disease are not difficult due to typical symptoms. Sometimes manifestations of this disease are unusual. So final clinical diagnosis is important. Case: In this study, 10 cases with thyrotoxicosis along with unusual manifestations wer...

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Autor principal:	S Darvish Moghaddam
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Publicado:	Babol University of Medical Sciences 2002
Materias:	thyrotoxicosis graves disease unusual manifestation dysphagia pruritis Medicine R Medicine (General) R5-920
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:669798bb90474eb39aaa86b23d0f3d032021-11-10T09:19:25ZReport of 10 cases with unusual manifestations in Thyrotoxicosis1561-41072251-7170https://doaj.org/article/669798bb90474eb39aaa86b23d0f3d032002-01-01T00:00:00Zhttp://jbums.org/article-1-2843-en.htmlhttps://doaj.org/toc/1561-4107https://doaj.org/toc/2251-7170Background and Objective: Diagnosis of hyperthyroidism and graves disease are not difficult due to typical symptoms. Sometimes manifestations of this disease are unusual. So final clinical diagnosis is important. Case: In this study, 10 cases with thyrotoxicosis along with unusual manifestations were surveyed. Of these, 6 cases were male and 4 cases were female. They were at the 17-68 age group with the mean of 48.2. The frequency of unusual symptoms was as follows: General pruritis without skin lesion (3 cases), anorexia and vomiting (3 cases), hypokalemic paralysis (2 cases), dysphagia with recurrent pulmonary aspiration (1 case), pretibial myxedema (1 case) and means lerman scratch (1 case). This interval between the beginning of symptoms and final diagnosis was different from 10 to 120 days. The thyroid function test showed hyperthyroidism in all cases. Another underlying disorder was not detected. All symptoms of patients were removed after antithyroid drugs therapy except pretibial myxedema (1 case) and exophthalmus (2 cases). These was no complication during 18-month antithyroid therapy after interruption of drug, relapse of disease was seen in 3 cases. Conclusion: With regard to different manifestation of thyrotoxicosis, this disease should be considered in differential diagnosis, especially in older age groups with gastrointestinal, cardiac, cutaneous and musculoskeletal complaints.S Darvish MoghaddamBabol University of Medical Sciencesarticlethyrotoxicosisgraves diseaseunusual manifestationdysphagiapruritisMedicineRMedicine (General)R5-920ENFAMajallah-i Dānishgāh-i ̒Ulūm-i Pizishkī-i Bābul, Vol 4, Iss 1, Pp 37-41 (2002)
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description	Background and Objective: Diagnosis of hyperthyroidism and graves disease are not difficult due to typical symptoms. Sometimes manifestations of this disease are unusual. So final clinical diagnosis is important. Case: In this study, 10 cases with thyrotoxicosis along with unusual manifestations were surveyed. Of these, 6 cases were male and 4 cases were female. They were at the 17-68 age group with the mean of 48.2. The frequency of unusual symptoms was as follows: General pruritis without skin lesion (3 cases), anorexia and vomiting (3 cases), hypokalemic paralysis (2 cases), dysphagia with recurrent pulmonary aspiration (1 case), pretibial myxedema (1 case) and means lerman scratch (1 case). This interval between the beginning of symptoms and final diagnosis was different from 10 to 120 days. The thyroid function test showed hyperthyroidism in all cases. Another underlying disorder was not detected. All symptoms of patients were removed after antithyroid drugs therapy except pretibial myxedema (1 case) and exophthalmus (2 cases). These was no complication during 18-month antithyroid therapy after interruption of drug, relapse of disease was seen in 3 cases. Conclusion: With regard to different manifestation of thyrotoxicosis, this disease should be considered in differential diagnosis, especially in older age groups with gastrointestinal, cardiac, cutaneous and musculoskeletal complaints.
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title	Report of 10 cases with unusual manifestations in Thyrotoxicosis
title_short	Report of 10 cases with unusual manifestations in Thyrotoxicosis
title_full	Report of 10 cases with unusual manifestations in Thyrotoxicosis
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Report of 10 cases with unusual manifestations in Thyrotoxicosis

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