Selvaratnam Abhilash, Subramani Ramya, Gupta Nikhil Kumar, Singh Vijay, Saini Vivek Kumar
Department of Nuclear Medicine, AIIMS, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India.
Indian J Nucl Med. 2024 Jul-Aug;39(4):316-317. doi: 10.4103/ijnm.ijnm_48_24. Epub 2024 Nov 18.
Lithium is used in the treatment of bipolar disorder to manage and stabilize mood, proving effective in addressing both manic and depressive phases. In these patients, the use of lithium is associated with various thyroid disorders, such as goiter and hypothyroidism; thyrotoxicosis is a rare presentation. In this case report, we demonstrated lithium-induced thyroiditis on thyroid scintigraphy.
锂被用于治疗双相情感障碍以控制和稳定情绪,在治疗躁狂和抑郁阶段均被证明有效。在这些患者中,锂的使用与多种甲状腺疾病相关,如甲状腺肿和甲状腺功能减退;甲状腺毒症是一种罕见的表现。在本病例报告中,我们通过甲状腺闪烁显像证实了锂诱导的甲状腺炎。