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Usual and Unusual Causes

Maj Steven G. Dorfman, USAF, MC

Arch Intern Med. 1977;137(8):995-996.

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The article entitled "Unusual Events Preceding Hyperthyroidism With Diffuse Goiter" by Bendezu et al in this issue (p 1023) clearly documents two unique presentations of hyperthyroidism. Recent publications^1-8 indicate that the spectrum of unusual causes has broadened even since the in-depth review of this subject by Hamilton and Maloof.⁹ With this thought in mind, I would like to present a schema that I have found practical in approaching this complex subject.

One's clinical impression of hyperthyroidism should be confirmed by an elevated free thyroxine (F T₃) index derived by multiplying the serum thyroxine (T₄) value by the triiodothyroxine resin uptake (T₃U). Calculating an F T₄ index generally corrects for changes in thyroid-binding globulin related to certain drugs and chronic illnesses. Rarely, thyrotoxic patient will have a normal F T₄ index. For these cases, an elevated serum triiodothyroxine (T₃) level, now readily determinable, . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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