Two cases of co-existing thyroid disease and ulcerative colitis are reported. Thyroid disorder preceded ulcerative colitis in each case. The presence of acute colitis delayed and obscured the clinical diagnosis of thyrotoxicosis in one case and the colitis could not be controlled until her thyrotoxicosis was treated. Although the specific factors involved in this relationship are now known, an ...

The thyroids of primary thyrotoxicosis patients prepared for partial thyroidectomy with propranolol contained much more lymphoid infiltrate than those prepared with carbimazole. No relation was found between the extent of lymphoid infiltrate in the thyroid and the development of postoperative hypothyroidism either between or within the two drug treatment groups. This study has shown that the ex...

et al.4 Moreover, because of its slow elimination amiodarone would inhibit uptake of radioactive iodine for months. Although amiodarone has been reported to cause thyrotoxicosis, this appears to be rare,3 probably occurring only in subjects with associated iodine deficiency (Jod-Basedow effect). Thus amiodarone controls thyrotoxicosis clinically and biochemically but has no advantages over equi...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether a New Zealand cluster of thyrotoxicosis with low uptake on scintiscan was associated with soy milk consumption. METHOD A case-control study was conducted, with controls matched by age, sex, and region. RESULTS All cases (5/5) and one control (1/30) consumed soy milk before the index date. The cases all drank a brand of soy milk that had unexpectedly high level...

Therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) is one possible treatment for patients resistant to conventional antithyroid drugs or requiring urgent attention for thyrotoxicosis. We report a 35-yr-old man with thyrotoxicosis, ultimately attributed to Graves' disease in whom antithyroid drug used initially was soon discontinued, due to abnormal liver function, and replaced by Lugol's solution. Three weeks l...

<p>A 61-year-old man with a history of thyrotoxicosis, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and dyslipidemia presented to the dermatology outpatient clinic bilateral non-pitting edema, asymmetrical yellowish-brown plaques, nodules associated some areas hyperpigmentation, Peau’d orange appearance elephantiasis-like skin lesions over both low legs. It was diagnosed as pretibial myxedema attribu...