Amyloid goitre

Thyroid function tests in amyloid goitre.

We present two patients with amyloid goitre due to primary systemic amyloidosis which was confirmed at post-mortem. Both were clinically euthyroid but had hyperthyroxinaemia and other thyroid function tests suggestive of thyrotoxicosis.

Amyloid goitre and hypothyroidism secondary to cystic fibrosis.

Although cystic fibrosis (CF) is still the most frequently fatal childhood disease, many adults now survive into their third and fourth decades. Uncommon complications of chronic diseases, such as amyloidosis, while infrequent, may now appear during the course of CF in adulthood. We present a case of a patient with CF who was diagnosed with hypothyroidism due to amyloid deposits in the thyroid.

Amyloid Goitre following Chronic Osteomyelitis: Case Report and Review of Literature

Toxic Goitre

history of excessive perspiration three months previously, followed two weeks later by a "sweat rash." She became very fretful, refused her food, and did not sleep. There was marked photophobia. She was admitted to hospital, and kept on sedatives to procure sleep. She took her feeds better, but began to have a temperature; loose motions followed, and eventually she died of gastro-enteritis. In ...

Goitre géant dyspnéisant

Une femme de 72 ans habitant la compagne, suivie pour une hypertension artérielle, ayant comme antécédents des goitres bénins dans la famille. Elle consulte aux urgences pour une aggravation de sa dyspnée même au repos et une dysphagie haute aux solides. L’examen clinique trouve un goitre géant occupant toute la face antérieure surtout à gauche. La nasofibroscopie objective une mobilité normale...