A case of unilateral Graves' disease

Case Report A Case of Unilateral Euthyroid Graves’ Disease

Unilateral proptosis and ptosis in euthyroid Graves’s disease is very rare with 5 -10% cases reported. We present a clinically Euthyroid male with features of thyroid ophthalmopathy who presented with unilateral proptosis and ptosis, restriction of extra ocular movements and compressive optic neuropathy. Thyroid function tests were normal and anti-thyroid peroxidase antibody was positive. CT sc...

Graves' disease with unilateral radioisotope uptake.

Unilateral pitting edema of the leg as a manifestation of Graves’ disease: a case report

INTRODUCTION Graves' hyperthyroidism has a number of well-recognized but relatively rare extrathyroid manifestations such as thyroid acropachy, pretibial myxedema, and congestive heart failure. CASE PRESENTATION A 38-year-old Caucasian woman presented to the out-patient clinic with symptoms of hyperthyroidism lasting for approximately five months. Remarkably, she had developed pitting edema o...

Coexistence of Graves’ disease and unilateral functioning Struma ovarii: a case report

BACKGROUND Coexisting of Graves' disease and functioning struma ovarii is a rare condition. Although the histology of struma ovarii predominantly composed of thyrocytes, the majority of the patients did not have thyrotoxicosis. The mechanism underlying the functioning status of the tumor is still unclear but the presence of thyroid stimulating hormone receptor (TSHR) is thought to play a role. ...

Rare association of schizophrenia and unilateral Graves’ disease with contralateral thyroid hemiagenesis in two cases of McCune-Albright syndrome

The classical triad of McCune-Albright syndrome (MAS) consists of polyostotic fibrous dysplasia (FD), skin hyperpigmentation (café-au-lait spots), and endocrine dysfunction, frequently seen in females as precocious puberty. Etiology is genetically based and is explained by mosaicism of activating somatic mutations of the alpha-subunit of Gs protein. Clinical presentation is varied and is depend...