Endocrine Abstracts

Objectives: Various systemic symptoms may occur in patients with thyrotoxicosis. Gastrointestinal manifestations such as hyperphagia or frequent defecation, often coexist with other thyrotoxic symptoms. Vomiting also has been mentioned.In this setting, systemic symptoms of underlying malignancy may be confused with those of thyrotoxicosis leading to a delay in diagnosis.Methods: We report a case with delayed diagnosis of small bowe...

Introduction: There are few cases about arterial thrombosis combined with thyrotoxicosis independent of atrial arrhythmias. Herein, we report a case of Graves’ disease presented with renal artery infarction withiout atrial fibrillation.Case: A 54-year-old man visited the emergency department due to the sudden onset of left flank pain for 30 min. The left flank pain was accompanied by sole dysuria without other symptoms of pyelonephritis. Physical ex...

Introduction: The degree of dyslipidemia caused by iatrogenic hypothyroidism is not clear in DTC. Therefore, we investigated the average of lipid profile change caused by LT4 withdrawal in the follow-up of DTC.Method: We enrolled 84 DTC patients who underwent high-dose RAI therapy for the treatment of recurred or remnant DTC and we measured serum levels of total cholesterol, triglyceride, LDL, and HDL and then analyzed changes in them accordin...