ea0021p399 | Thyroid | SFEBES2009
Parker Victoria
, Green Alistair
, Jani Piyush
, Halsall David
, Chatterjee Krishna
, Simpson Helen
We report five cases of hyperthyroidism with complex management issues, which were successfully treated with iopanoic acid prior to thyroidectomy.Three patients (cases 13) had Graves disease; two developed agranulocytosis on carbimazole and one had uncontrolled severe thyrotoxicosis and poor compliance with treatment. Radioiodine was either declined or contraindicated due to radio-protection issues. All patients were rendered euthyroid with i...