Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Amiodarone-induced thyrotoxicosis (AIT) is a well-known complication of amiodarone therapy. Type 1 AIT is caused by excessive iodine-induced thyroid hormone synthesis in abnormal thyroid glands and treated with thionamides; type 2 AIT is a drug induced destructive thyroiditis that responds to glucocorticoids. Mixed forms of AIT need a combined treatment of thionamides and glucocorticoids. In refractory cases of AIT plasmapheresis before total thyroidectomy is an ...