Endocrine Abstracts

A 14 year old girl presented with a two week history of painful throat and ears after having been previously treated with a course of antibiotics. She also complained of neck swelling and on further questioning admitted to increasing sweating and weight loss.On examination she had pyrexia of 38.9  °C and a tachycardia. A postural tremor was elicited and an enlarged, smooth, tender goitre. Initial laboratory investigations were fT4 56.2 and TSH ...