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ea0020p280 | Clinical case reports and clinical reports | ECE2009

An unusual presentation of autoimmune polyendocrine syndrome: a case report

Unal Oguz Kaan , Kiyici Sinem , Senturk Tunay , Sahin Tulay , Yavuz Mahmut , Kiyici Murat , Imamoglu Sazi

In new classification of autoimmune polyendocrine syndromes (APS), APS-3 has defined as combination of autoimmune thyroid disease and other autoimmune disease except hypoparathyroidism and Addison’s disease. The present report describes a patient with APS-3 and pseudomalapsorbtion of levothyroxine (LT4). Twenty-three year old woman was referred to our center with hypothyroidism due to Hashimoto’s thyroiditis (HT) despite the usage of high dose LT4 treatment. HT was d...