Endocrine Abstracts

Thymic hyperplasia (TH) in Grave’s Disease (GD) is not uncommon. It was first described in 1914 by William Halstead, however incidence has been difficult to establish as most patients remain asymptomatic from the TH and do not routinely undergo chest imaging when managing GD. We present a 49-year-old female with a background of rheumatoid arthritis and hypothyroidism, who presented to Rheumatology with proximal and distal muscle weakness, absent reflexes and weight loss. ...