Autoimmune diseases accompanied by the development of hypothyroidism (Hashimoto's thyroiditis) and hyperthyroidism (Graves' disease) are one most common disorders thyroid gland. Hypothyroidism is a clinical syndrome that occurs as result hormone deficiency. Hyperthyroidism excessive activity gland hypersecretion hormones. In simple terms, to achieve euthyroid state in both syndromes, two drugs ...

Genotyping increases the accuracy of a clinical score (based on pretreatment age, goiter size, FT4, TBII) for predicting recurrence of Graves' hyperthyroidism after a course of antithyroid drugs: a prospective study.

Congenital goiter is a very uncommon cause of neonatal neck mass. Administration antithyroid drugs or radiation exposure during pregnancy may result in reduced synthesis thyroxine and congenital with without thyroid dysfunction. We report case full term, newborn male baby who had normal functions but was born swelling no apparent abnormalities. Maternal investigations for function tests were fo...

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INTRODUCTION Graves disease (GD) is the most common cause of hiperthyroidism, and the most common treatment options are surgery, antithyroid drugs and radioiodine therapy. In radiodosimetric calculations to determine radioiodine dosage it is possible to use thyroid volume estimatives based on ultrasound or scintigraphy. OBJECTIVE The present study aimed to correlate these methodologies emphas...

Agranulocytosis is a rare and serious adverse effect of antithyroid drugs (ATD), in particular methimazole (MMI), and usually develops within 3 months following the start of uninterrupted ATD treatment. Agranulocytosis may also develop for the first time following interruption and subsequent resumption of the same ATD treatment. In this case report, a 27-year-old female, who was treated for thy...

Chronic hepatitis C (CHC) is one of the commonest infectious diseases of the liver and may lead to cirrhosis or hepatocellular carcinoma. Combination therapy with pegylated interferon (PEG-IFN) and Ribavirin is the treatment of choice for CHC. Combination therapy is thought to act by means of antiviral mechanisms and immunomodulation. Thyroid dysfunction is the most common autoimmune adverse ef...