ea0041ep1035 | Thyroid (non-cancer) | ECE2016
Souteiro Pedro
, Freitas Joana
, Amaral Susana
, Belo Sandra
, Nogueira Claudia
, Pereira Rodrigues
, Meirinho Ivone
Introduction: Propylthiouracil is a drug used in the treatment of hyperthyroidism and autoimmunity phenomena have been described as a side effect of its use. Despite anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (anca) positivity is frequent in patients treated with propylthiouracil, the occurrence of clinically evident vasculitis is rare.Case report: A 65-year-old woman, diagnosed with hyperthyroidism 2 years ago and treated with propylthiouracil (50+...