Transient hypothyroidism after iodine-131 treatment for thyrotoxicosis.

Transient hypothyroidism after iodine-131 treatment for thyrotoxicosis.

Thirty consecutive patients with thyrotoxicosis were followed up at monthly intervals for 6 months after treatment with iodine-131. Serum total T4, serum total T3, and serum TSH response to TRH were measured at each review. Biochemical evidence of hypothyroidism (low T4 raised basal TSH) developed in 18 patients 1-4 months after treatment. In 5 of these patients, symptoms and signs of hypothyro...

Azoospermia after iodine-131 treatment for thyroid carcinoma.

Transient congenital hypothyroidism after topical iodine in pregnancy and lactation.

A 6 week old girl with transient congenital hypothyroidism is described. The hypothyroidism was associated with multiple applications of povidone iodine during pregnancy and lactation. This case illustrates the potential hazard of using topical solutions containing iodine during pregnancy and lactation.

Treatment of thyrotoxicosis with radioactive iodine.

It is now thirteen years since Hertz and Roberts (1942) introduced radioactive iodine in the treatment of thyrotoxicosis, and in the succeeding years it has increasingly established itself in the therapy of this condition and has been widely used in the United States of America. We have previously recorded our experience in this country in a small series of cases (Blomfield et al., 1951, 1953; ...

Paralysis after treatment for thyrotoxicosis.

Accepted 27 June 1996 A 41-year-old man was evaluated in February 1994 for weight loss, tremor, tachycardia and goiter. Thyroid function tests and a thyroid scan were consistent with the diagnosis of Graves' disease and he was treated with propylthiouracil (300 mg/day). Two months later, the patient presented to the emergency room with a flaccid paralysis of all extremeties. At night he had exp...