Thyroiditis should be in the differential for hyperthyroidism when thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) is suppressed and T3/T4 levels are elevated. Suspicion of further increased patient can exhibit symptoms such as weight loss, anxiety, feeling feverish, tremors, shaking, sweating. Hyperthyroidism generally classified being overt or subclinical. In following case, had which considered more sever...

Hashimoto’s thyroiditis can lead to depression, anxiety disorder, and sleep problems. However, this autoimmune disease has been reported be less related psychotic depression. The case applied our outpatient clinic with introversion, anhedonia, guilt thoughts. patient was admitted a preliminary diagnosis of TSH value found high in the patient’s hormone analysis. Afterward, treatment started acco...

Congenital Hypothyroidism (CH) is a common preventable cause of mental retardation. The incidence CH 1 in 2500 to 3000 newborns. Most causes are thyroid dysgenesis and dyshormonogenesis. Some disorder like maternal autoantibodies, intake anti medication, iodine deficiency or excess can result transient CH. Common symptoms include decreased activity increased sleep, feeding difficulty, constipat...

Graves-Basedow disease (GBd) since late fifties has been considered to be autoimmune thyroid disorder where the presence of thyroid stimulating antibodies (TSAb) may lead to hyperthyroidism, thyroid orbitopathy and thyroid dermopathy. During last years it was generally accepted that development of Graves-Basedow disease is dependent on the presence of two or three groups of factors genetic and ...

Background Vitiligo is an acquired hypopigmentary disorder. The prevalence of vitiligo is 0.1-2% worldwide. Numerous autoimmune diseases are associated with vitiligo, including autoimmune thyroid diseases. The prevalence of thyroid abnormalities is up to 34% in vitiligo patients depending on ethnicities. Objective This study aims to investigate thyroid abnormalities in Thai patients with viti...

AIMS It has been suggested that the non-classic HLA class I molecule HLA-G plays a role in autoimmune disease by protecting tissues from damage by infiltrating cytotoxic T cells. Such infiltration occurs in the thyroid of patients with Graves' disease (GD) and Hashimoto's thyroiditis (HT) and can eventually result in tissue destruction. The aim of the current study was to analyse thyroid tissue...

BACKGROUND Neurofibromatosis type 1 is an autosomal dominant neurocutaneous disorder in which the coexistence of autoimmune thyroiditis and thyroid gland tumours has been reported previously. AIMS To determine the thyroid function and autoimmune thyroid diseases in neurofibromatosis type 1 patients in order to identify the possible association between neurofibromatosis type 1 and thyroid dise...

RATIONALE Neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS) is a life threatening neurologic emergency associated with neuroleptic or antipsychotic agent use. NMS is rarely related to thyroid disease. PATIENT CONCERNS We report a case of NMS in a 66-year-old male with past medical history of paranoid schizophrenia on chlorpromazine, diabetes, hypertension and asthma, who presented with a humeral fracture ...