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ea0020p150 | Thyroid | ECE2009

Fever in the debute of the diffuse toxic goiter

Kamynina Tamara , Gubkina Valeria , Dreval Alexander

Aim: To pay attention to the so rare symptom of diffuse toxic goiter (DTG) as fever.Materials and methods: We report about 5 patients (all females, aged 18–38, mean – 31). Before, all patients were examined for fever of unknown origin of long duration. After the others reasons of the febrile body temperature were excluded, DTG was diagnosed. DTG was confirmed by the results of the clinical, hormonal and immunological investigations (T- and B-ce...