background: several concomitant disorders especially thyroid abnormalities have been reported in patients with myasthenia gravis (mg). we aimed to estimate the frequency and pattern of thyroid disorders in iranian patients with mg.all consecutive patients with mg referred to neurology clinic of rasool-e-akram hospital during 2006-2007 were enrolled. methods: all patients underwent clinical asse...

introduction thyroid storm is a rare complication of graves' disease that can carry a poor prognosis. in order to prevent major complications, thyroid storm must be quickly identified in patients and treatment must be promptly implemented. medical treatment is usually initiated with antithyroid medications, such as propylthiouracil (ptu), methimazole, and beta-blockers. however, some patients m...

conclusions patients treated with ptu should be closely monitored and followed up, even if the drug has been used for several years. when patients develop progressive dyspnea with alveolar opacities on chest imaging that cannot be explained otherwise, alveolar hemorrhage should be an important differential diagnosis while investigating the case. early diagnosis and prompt discontinuation of the...

background: infectious agents have been suspected as a triggering factor for development of autoimmune thyroid disease (atd). some reports from western countries have suggested association between helicobacter pylori (hp) infection and atd. objective: to investigate the association of atd with cag a seropositivity in a population with high rate and early age of onset of hp infection. methods: i...

Abstract Background: Thyroid eye disease (TED) is an unpredictable autoimmune inflammatory which can be sight-threatening, debilitating, and disfiguring. The majority of patients have mild, self-limited TED, 20-30% experience moderate/severe disease, 3-5% may develop sight-threatening such as CON or exposure keratopathy. Surgical intervention commonly necessary for with stable however, there li...