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ea0049ep1310 | Thyroid (non-cancer) | ECE2017

Relapsing Graves’ hyperthyroidism in a male patient with central hypothyroidism after surgery of craniopharyngioma: case report

Bumbu Anisoara , Abouleka Yawa , Potier Louis , Roussel Ronan , Marre Michel

Introduction: GravesÂ’ disease is an autoimmune thyroiditis, less common in men but with relapse of hyperthyroidism significantly more frequent in men than in women after anti-thyroid medicationsÂ’ withdrawal. Craniopharyngioma is a rare brain tumor which arises in the pituitary stalk and project into the hypothalamus. The distribution by age is bimodal with a slight male predominance and a poor survival rate for older than 65 years. The association of these pathologie...