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Sequential Amiodarone-Induced Thyroid Dysfunction: From Myxedema Coma to Late-Onset Type 1 Thyrotoxicosis After Drug Withdrawal. [PDF]

Clin Case Rep
ABSTRACT Amiodarone therapy may induce thyroid dysfunction in approximately 20% of patients, either amiodarone‐induced hypothyroidism (AIH) or thyrotoxicosis (AIT). Both situations may occur at any time during treatment or even months to years after drug withdrawal due to tissue storage with slow systemic release.
Soares DM, Ferreira L.
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Cardiac effects of severe hyperthyroidism and their changes in the long-term period after surgical treatment

Mìžnarodnij Endokrinologìčnij Žurnal, 2019
Background. The result of surgical treatment of goiter with severe thyrotoxicosis may be an improvement in general condition and physical activity, a decrease and/or elimination of clinical manifestations of thyrotoxic cardiomyopathy (effective treatment)
V.O. Shidlovsky, O.V. Shidlovsky, M.I. Sheremet, I.M. Pavlovsky, G.S. Kurochkin, V.V. Kravtsiv, O.V. Skochilo, G.P. Haplyk   +7 more
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An Unusual Case of Hypercalcemia Associated with Graves’ Disease and Vitamin D Deficiency

Clinical Medicine Insights: Endocrinology and Diabetes, 2011
Objective To present a case of hypercalcemia associated with thyrotoxicosis in a patient with vitamin D deficiency and review biochemical changes during the course of treatment. Methods We report a case, describe the changes in serum calcium, phosphorus,
Evgenia Korytnaya, Nagashree Gundu Rao, Jane V. Mayrin   +2 more
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An uncommon cause for vomiting

Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2016
Thyrotoxicosis may present with a variety of non specific symptoms in elderly patients. Gastrointestinal symptoms such as nausea, vomiting and abdominal discomfort can occasionally be the presenting feature of thyrotoxicosis in this age group.
Samantha Sathyakumar, Sahana Shetty, Nitin Kapoor, Sunil Abraham, Thomas Vizhalil Paul   +4 more
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The differential diagnosis of chorea [PDF]

, 2007
Chorea is a hyperkinetic movement disorder characterised by excessive spontaneous movements that are irregularly timed, randomly distributed and abrupt. In this article, the authors discuss the causes of chorea, particularly Huntington's disease and the ...
Tabrizi, SJ, Wild, EJ
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Thyrotoxic Cardiomyopathy and Heart Failure in Patients with Toxic Goiter. Changes after Surgery

Galician Medical Journal, 2016
Changes in the severity of heart failure in patients with toxic goiter after surgery are insufficiently studied. The objective of the research was to study changes in cardiac disorders in the remote period after surgical treatment of toxic goiter ...
V. V. Kravtsiv, V. O. Shidlovskyi, O. V. Shidlovskyi   +2 more
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A Case of Thyrotoxic Periodic Paralysis Associated with Transient Thyrotoxicosis [PDF]

Kosin Medical Journal, 2012
Thyrotoxic periodic paralysis is an acute muscle weakness of the limbs associated with hypokalemia. It can occur with any form of thyrotoxicosis. Thyrotoxic periodic paralysis associated with transient thyrotoxicosis due to thyroiditis is very rare.
Hye Jung Kwon, Young Sik Choi, Joon Seup Lee, Dong Hyun Park, Yeon Jung Choi, Jin Seok Yoo   +5 more
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Right ventricular dysfunction and pulmonary hypertension: a neglected presentation of thyrotoxicosis

Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism Case Reports, 2018
Thyrotoxicosis is associated with cardiac dysfunction; more commonly, left ventricular dysfunction. However, in recent years, there have been more cases reported on right ventricular dysfunction, often associated with pulmonary hypertension in patients ...
Carolina Shalini Singarayar, Foo Siew Hui, Nicholas Cheong, Goay Swee En   +3 more
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Transient hypercortisolism and symptomatic hyperthyroidism associated to primary hyperparathyroidism in an elderly patient: case report and literature review. [PDF]

, 2015
Background: Primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) is often found on routine blood tests, at a relatively asymptomatic stage. However many studies suggest different systemic effects related to PHPT, which could be enhanced by an abnormal cortisol release due
Armanini, Decio, Bordin, Luciana, Camozzi, V, Don\ue0, G, Iacobone, Maurizio, Mian, Caterina, Sabbadin, Chiara   +6 more
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HYPERTHYROIDISM AND ATRIAL FIBRILLATION

Рациональная фармакотерапия в кардиологии, 2017
Review on a problem of the development of atrial fibrillation in patients with thyrotoxicosis is presented. Thyrotoxicosis is one of the most frequent endocrine diseases, conceding only to a diabetes mellitus. The most frequent reasons of hyperthyroidism
I. M. Marusenko, E. G. Petrova
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