We report here a unique case of methimazole (MMI)-induced pancreatitis. To our knowledge, this is the sixth case reported in the literature and the first diagnosed in a patient with toxic multinodular goiter. A 51-year-old Caucasian female with a history of benign multinodular goiter and subclinical hyperthyroidism was started on MMI 10 mg orally daily. Three weeks later, she developed sharp ep...

Objective: The prevalence of thyroid dysfunction is higher in patients with diabetes, and its diagnosis could cause better diabetes management. purpose the present study to examine impact pathophysiological changes Type-2 on frequency dysfunction, autoimmunity, nodule, cancer Turkey. 
 Methods: was conducted a total 3.276 who underwent tests ultrasonography (US). demographic characteristic...

Hypokalemia is a common electrolyte abnormality often encountered in daily practice. While mild hypokalemia asymptomatic, moderate-to-severe usually manifested as significant symptoms such muscle weakness. In this paper, we presented case of 23-years-old male coming to our emergency department because weakness all his four limbs when he woke up the morning. Physical examinations were within nor...

Introduction. Liver involvement due to hyperthyroidism and also ANCA positive vasculitis related renal failure cases were reported separately several times before. However, to our knowledge, these two complications together in the same case had never been observed before. Case Presentation. The case of an ANCA positive 71-year-old Caucasian male with renal failure and lung involvement, subclini...

This study aimed to estimate prevalence of thyroid disorders in the São Paulo Ageing & Health Study, an epidemiological study addressing several health-adverse outcomes among elderly people living in a poor area of São Paulo, Brazil. All participants answered a questionnaire and had a blood sample collected to assess levels of tireotropic hormone and free-thyroxine. Among 1,373 people (60.8% wo...

BACKGROUND Thyroid disorders are associated with pregnancy complications. Universal screening is currently not recommended because of a lack of evidence on the effectiveness of treatment. Women with hyperthyroidism and hypothyroidism evidently require treatment but this is less clear for women with subclinical hypothyroidism and thyroid autoimmunity. Therefore, we conducted a systematic review ...

Thyroid dysfunction is a major public health problem among Nepalese population. Hence the study is aimed to find out the prevalence of thyroid dysfunction and to investigate the effect of it in serum lipids. Serum fT3, fT4, TSH, total cholesterol (TC), low density lipoprotein (LDL), high density lipoprotein (HDL) and triglycerides (TG) were measured using standardized assays. Overall thyroid dy...

In 2002, a scientific review and consensus committee, which included representatives from the American Thyroid Association, the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, and the Endocrine Society convened a panel of expertise to define STD and review the literatures regarding the risk and benefit of treatment, the panel had come out with definition of subclinical hypothyroidism as (a s...

Thyroid hormones exert important effects on the cardiovascular system, including effects on cardiac systolic and diastolic function, peripheral vascular resistance and arrhythmogenesis. Hyperthyroidism and hypothyroidism often cause opposing effects on cardiovascular physiology in the short term. Increasing evidence suggests that long-term vascular morbidity and mortality occurs in both overt a...