Morbidity After Total Thyroidectomy for Benign Thyroid Disease: Comparison of Graves' Disease and Non-Graves' Disease

A case of metastatic follicular thyroid carcinoma complicated with Graves' disease after total thyroidectomy.

Thyroid cancer and Graves' disease may present simultaneously in one patient. The incidence of the development of hyperthyroidism from metastatic differentiated thyroid carcinoma is rare. We herein report a case of metastatic follicular carcinoma complicated with Graves' disease after total thyroidectomy. A 57-year-old woman underwent right hemithyroidectomy for follicular carcinoma. Metastatic...

Surgical Treatment of Graves’ Disease: Comparison between Total Thyroidectomy and Subtotal Thyroidectomy

Purpose: Subtotal thyroidectomy has been the standard operation for Graves’ disease in achieving a favorable outcome in recovery of euthyroid state. However, the postoperative outcomes following subtotal thyroidectomy differ by surgeon and postoperative thyroid dysfunctions develop as time passes. Here, we have studied the validity of total thyroidectomy for Graves’ disease patients, with a com...

Thyroid Drugging in Graves' Disease

Thyroid Hormone Excess: Graves’ Disease

Thyroid hormone excess due to any cause is state of thyrotoxicosis, whereas hyperthyroidism is a state of thyroid hormone excess due to hyperfunctioning of thyroid gland. The major causes of thyrotoxicosis include Graves’ disease, solitary toxic adenoma, and toxic multinodular goiter. In thyrotoxicosis, free hormone levels are invariably increased. The reverse is not true in that increased free...

Total thyroidectomy for clinically benign disease of the thyroid gland.

BACKGROUND The role of total thyroidectomy in the treatment of patients with benign thyroid disease remains controversial. However, this procedure may be appropriate when both thyroid lobes are involved and when the risk of recurrence is significant. This study is a review of a 15-year experience of total thyroidectomy for benign disease. METHODS Between 1988 and 2002, 834 patients underwent ...