Isotope therapy is one of the methods used in primary hyperthyroidism. The therapy is based on short-range beta radiation emitted from radioactive iodine. Radioiodine administration must always be preceded by pharmacological normalization of thyroid function. Otherwise, post-radiation thyrocyte destruction and thyroid hormones release may lead to hyperthyroidism exacerbation. Indications for ra...

The present opinions on the therapy with L-thyroxine (L-T4) of non-toxic multinodular, as well as of non-toxic thyroid nodules are rather divergent. This treatment is based on the suppression of TSH secretion from the pitu-

Amyloidosis is characterized by accumulation of amorphous, proteinaceous material in various organs and tissues of the body. Amyloid may accumulate in the thyroid gland in cases of medullary thyroid carcinoma and systemic amyloidosis. Amyloid accumulates extracellularly in the thyroid parenchyma and disrupts the normal follicular patterns. Most of the cases reported up to now were clinically eu...

Background. Because of the increased risk of surgery, thyroid nodules causing compression signs and/or hyperthyroidism are concerning during pregnancy. Patients and Methods. Six patients with nontoxic cystic, four with nontoxic solid, and three with overt hyperthyroidism caused by toxic nodules were treated with percutaneous ethanol injection therapy (PEI). An average of 0.68 mL ethanol per 1 m...

AIMS Hyperthyroidism includes several clinical and histopathological situations. Surgery is commonly indicated after failure of medical treatment. The aim of this study was to analyze the indications and complications of surgery as well as endocrine results. MATERIALS AND METHODS Patients operated on for hyperthyroidism between 2004 and 2012 were included in a retrospective study. Total thyro...

From the clinical point of view, hyperthyroidism is generally presented as diffuse hyperactivity of thyroid tissue induced by autoimmune stimulation (Graves’ disease), or as the consequence of one, or more hyperactive autonomous nodules (Plummer’s disease). These two entities are relatively perceivable in clinical routine. Thyroid scintigraphy of the patient with Graves’ disease, presents a pat...

Coexistence between thyroid cancer and hyperthyroidism is rare, most of the nodular lesions from which a malignant tumor documented in this group patients correspond to cold nodules. Justified by increasing number reports literature about tumors diagnosed hot nodules, systematic review was carried out determine possible factors associated with diagnosis nodules hyperthyroidism. The results sugg...