Choriocarcinoma presenting with thyrotoxicosis.

Testicular choriocarcinoma: an unusual case of paraneoplastic thyrotoxicosis.

Thyrotoxicosis in pregnancy:: A case report.

There are various causes of hyperthyroidism in pregnancy such as Graves' disease and gestational thyrotoxicosis. The thyroid stimulation results from the excessive levels of circulating human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) produced by the trophoblastic tissue in both hydatidiform moles and choriocarcinoma. We present a pregnant patient with hydatidiform mole who presented with hyperthyroidism tha...

Choriogonadotropin-mediated thyrotoxicosis in a man.

A 38-year-old man with a metastatic gonadotropin-secreting tumor of unknown primary origin presented with both clinical and biochemical findings of hyperthyroidism in association with markedly increased concentrations of human choriogonadotropin (hCG) in plasma. After chemotherapy, the concentrations of both hCG and free thyroxin decreased and the patient became euthyroid. We discuss the rare o...

Ulster Society of Internal Medicine, Spring Meeting, Friday 17th May 2013

2.15 pm Testicular choriocarcinoma: a rare case of thyrotoxicosis arising as a paraneoplastic syndrome. 2.30 pm Two complex cases of paraesthesia: one simple solution. Poster 3 Accuracy of endoscopic ultrasound in predicting early oesophageal neoplasms.

Unmasking of thyrotoxicosis during anaesthesia

Correspondence to: Dr PC So Two cases of subclinical and undiagnosed thyrotoxicosis that presented with unexplained tachycardia during surgery are described. Differential diagnosis and logistics in the management of patients presenting with tachycardia, with or without fever during anaesthesia are discussed. It is emphasised that when encountering unexplained tachycardia during anaesthesia, thy...