Endocrine Abstracts

A 52-year man came to Emergency Department with Atrial Fibrillation with rapid ventricular response due to amiodarone induced thyrotoxicosis (AIT). The patient was found tachi-arrhythmic (153 beats per minute), tachypnoic (27 breaths per minute) and with intense hyperidrosis. His first blood test documented thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) <0.01 mUI/l, free triiodothyronine (fT3) 20.0 pmol/l and free thyroxine (fT4) over 100 pmol/l. Thyroid ultrasonography revealed an enl...