[Specific clinical course of thyrotoxicosis and results of surgical treatment of elderly patients].

Age is one of the most significant risk factors of the development of diseases of the thyroid gland. Hyperthyroidism is much more difficult for diagnosing in elderly patients since its symptoms might be rubbed off and somewhat atypical. Rather often the cardial symptoms in elderly and senile patients are brought to the forefront when there are no other external manifestations of the disease. One of the most difficult questions in decision on the strategy of treatment of toxic goiter in elderly people having thyrotoxicosis is the question of indications to surgery. The article describes clinical symptoms and exact indications to surgical treatment in elderly people with thyrotoxicosis and assesses long-term results.