Graves’ Disease and Marine Lenhart Syndrome: A Rare Clinical Presentation
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Coexistence of Graves' Disease and Toxic Adenoma: a Rare Presentation of Marine-lenhart Syndrome.
Both Graves' disease and Toxic Nodules cause thyrotoxicosis, albeit by different mechanisms. Their coexistence is called Marine-Lenhart syndrome, the prevalence of which has been reported 2.7-4.1%. In many cases with Marine Lenhart syndrome Graves' disease is accompanied by multiple hyperfunctioning nodules, although it is accompanied by a solitary hyperfunctioning nodule in rare cases. We here...
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عنوان ژورنال: Health
سال: 2019
ISSN: 1949-4998,1949-5005
DOI: 10.4236/health.2019.119091