Endocrine Abstracts

Lithium is commonly used for management of Bipolar disorders. Li-induced thyroid dysfunction, including hypothyroidism and goitre are the most prevalent while hyperthyroidism is very infrequent, mainly characterised by transient painless thyroiditis but it increases the propensity to thyroid autoimmunity in susceptible individuals. Thyroid profile, thyroid auto-antibodies, assessment of thyroid size should be performed among patients initiating lithium, at baseline and later a...