ea0049ep1254 | Thyroid (non-cancer) | ECE2017
Mazilu Adina
, Spiroiu Cristina
, Ranetti A E
We present three cases of females with low body weight that needed large amounts of anti-thyroid drugs 45 mg/kg Thiamazole and 50 mg/kg of Propylthiouracil. First patient, aged 32, weight 45 kg, had Gravess disease evolving for more than five years. She has been proposed surgery and needed 1200 mg/day of Propylthiouracil. She delayed surgery for 2 weeks, then the dosage required for euthyroidism was 1800 mg/day for three weeks. The goitre had 1.2 kg, from ma...