Division of Endocrinology and Diabetology, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria,
Division of Endocrinology and Diabetology, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria.
Med Princ Pract. 2019;28(4):397-400. doi: 10.1159/000499754. Epub 2019 Mar 22.
A conversion from Hashimoto's thyroiditis to Graves' disease and vice versa leads to diagnostic and therapeutic challenges.
A 30-year-old female presented with overt hyperthyroidism and negative thyroid-stimulating hormone receptor antibodies (TRAbs). Since hashitoxicosis was assumed, the patient was treated with propranolol. Within the next few weeks, the patient developed severe overt hypothyroidism, which was treated with levothyroxine. However, after several more weeks, she presented with overt hyperthyroidism once again, this time showing elevated TRAbs.
We suggest educating patients and physicians to recognize changes in thyroid function and close monitoring of unclear cases of overt hyperthyroidism.
桥本甲状腺炎向格雷夫斯病的转化和反之亦然会导致诊断和治疗上的挑战。
一名 30 岁女性出现明显的甲状腺功能亢进和促甲状腺激素受体抗体(TRAbs)阴性。由于假设存在桥本甲状腺毒症,因此给予患者普萘洛尔治疗。在接下来的几周内,患者出现严重的明显甲状腺功能减退,给予左甲状腺素治疗。然而,几周后,她再次出现明显的甲状腺功能亢进,此时 TRAbs 升高。
我们建议教育患者和医生识别甲状腺功能的变化,并密切监测不明确的明显甲状腺功能亢进病例。