Endocrine Abstracts

A 44-year-old gentleman with history of intravenous drug abuse, was referred for new onset hyperthyroidism. He was diagnosed with hepatitis C a year prior to presentation. Treatment included pegylated-interferon (IFN-α) 100 μg weekly and Ribavirin 1 g daily. He had early viral response at week 4 of treatment with viral load of <30 IU/ml from 24 089 IU/ml. At week 8, patient complained of lethargy. He was tachycardic, but had no goitre or thyroid eye disease. Thyr...