ea0049ep1298 | Thyroid (non-cancer) | ECE2017
Victor Margarida
, Ferreira Ana Goncalves
, Carmona Susana
, Luiz Henrique Vara
, Cordeiro Maria Carlos
, Portugal Jorge
, Santos Ana Isabel
Introduction: Amiodarone is an antiarrhythmic iodine-rich drug, known to induce thyroid dysfunction both due to its high iodine content and through amiodarone-induced thyrotoxicosis (AIT), being this latter process classified into three different types. Type 1 is associated with increased thyroid hormone synthesis; type 2 is a destructive process with thyroid hormone release and type 3 is thought to be a mixture of the former two. Since treatment options are different, there h...