QUESTION–A young 23 years old girl diagnosed to have Functional ectopic lingual thyroid with Overt Hypothyroidism with absence of tracer uptake in the thyroid region on Tc99 scintigraphy in the year 2004. Since she has been on 125mcg Thyroxine replacement. Her TSH was 19uIU/ml in Feb 2013 and on proper dose titration as now TSH reached to [...]
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ARMOUR THYROID CAUSING A RASH?
ARMOUR THYROID CAUSING A RASH? 5/12/2013 QUESTION-I am wondering if Armour thyroid could give a red, raised skin rash on the arms, lower legs, chest and neck if dosage amount is changed to be higher? Cortizone creme helped to reduce symptoms but I understand that Thyroid patients can sometimes get rashes? I never have in [...]
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Increased mortality in patients with differentiated thyroid cancer associated with graves’ disease.Pellegriti G, Mannarino C, Russo M, Terranova R, Marturano I, Vigneri R, Belfiore A. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2013 Mar;98(3):1014-21 We previously reported that differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) has higher aggressiveness and poorer prognosis in patients with Graves’ disease (GD) than DTC in euthyroid [...]
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Childhood weight gain and thyroid autoimmunity at age 60-64 years: the 1946 british birth cohort study.Ong KK, Kuh D, Pierce M, Franklyn JA. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2013 Apr;98(4):1435-42. doi: 10.1210/jc.2012-3761 Complex bidirectional relationships have been described between body weight, thyroid function, and risk of thyroid disorders, including thyroid autoimmunity. We used a life-course approach [...]
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Low- or high-dose radioiodine remnant ablation for differentiated thyroid carcinoma: a meta-analysis. Cheng W, Ma C, Fu H, Li J, Chen S, Wu S, Wang H. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2013 Apr;98(4):1353-60. doi: 10.1210/jc.2012-3682. There is uncertainty over the dose of (131)I required for thyroid remnant ablation.: The aim of this study was to assess [...]
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