Silent thyroiditis with thyroid-stimulation-blocking antibodies(TSBAb).

Gitelman's syndrome with silent thyroiditis.

Hypokalemic periodic paralysis is one of the most distinctive complications of hyperthyroidism and occurs in 8 to 34% of men and 0.2% of women with thyrotoxicosis in Asia. It is also complicated by other diseases with potassium defi ciency such as Bartter’s syndrome, Cushing’s syndrome, and Gitelman’s syndrome. Generally, hypokalemic periodic paralysis with hyperthyroidism is diagnosed by asses...

Silent thyroiditis in uncommon setting.

The most common causes of thyrotoxicosis in Japan are silent thyroiditis and Graves’ disease. For patients with thyrotoxicosis present in early pregnancy, both gestational thyrotoxicosis and undiagnosed Graves’ disease must be considered. Silent thyroiditis is a rare condition during pregnancy. Postpartum thyroiditis is a variant of silent thyroiditis that occurs in the postpartum period, a few...

A Case Study of Silent Thyroiditis Associated with Idiopathic ُThrombocytopenic Purpura

A 48 Year-old woman had symptoms of thyrotoxicosis which disappeared spontaneously within two months. She was diagnosed as case of silent thyroiditis on the basis of both the clinical course and the laboratory data such as low uptake of radioactive Iodine and Technesium. She also had petechia in her arms which were diagnosed as an idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (I.T.P.). This case would se...

Recurrent Silent Thyroiditis as a Sequela of Postpartum Thyroiditis

Thyroiditis encompasses a group of disorders characterized by thyroid inflammation. Though clinically indistinguishable from silent thyroiditis, postpartum thyroiditis occurs in women within 12 months after delivery. Recurrent postpartum thyroiditis in subsequent pregnancies is common, but recurrent silent thyroiditis is rare. We reported a case of patient with recurrent episodes of thyroiditis...

Thyroid antibodies and thyroiditis.