Graves' hyperthyroidism. Spontaneous occurrence after autoimmune hypothyroidism with persistent infiltrative ophthalmopathy
- 1 June 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of internal medicine (1960)
- Vol. 138 (6) , 1009-1010
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archinte.138.6.1009
Abstract
The clinical course of a 39 yr old woman with uncommon features of autoimmune thyroid disease was followed. The patient''s thyroid status changed from hypothyroid to hyperthyroid spontaneously. She also had severe infiltrative ophthalmopathy when she was hypothyroid. The unusual sequence of her condition raises some speculation about the pathogenesis of autoimmune hyperthyroidism and ophthalmopathy. The study also indicated that treatment of hypothyroidism may occasionally not be lifelong.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: