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KMID : 0356620120270020147
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Journal of Korean Society of Endocrinology
2012 Volume.27 No. 2 p.147 ~ p.150
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A Case of Painless Thyroiditis Followed by Graves’ Disease
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Na Gyeong-Jae
Kim Ji-Hyun
Park Se-Yoon
Kim Ki-Won
Ko Hee-Ja
Chun Sung-Wan
Kim Yeo-Joo
Kim Sang-Jin
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Abstract
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A 30-year-old man was admitted to our hospital because of fatigue, palpitation and severe weakness of both legs. The admission laboratory findings revealed thyrotoxicosis, and 131I thyroid scintigraphic imaging revealed a low radioactive iodine uptake. He was treated for painless thyroiditis for about 4 months. However, thyrotoxic state had continued and radioactive iodine uptake was markedly increased in the follow up scan. Painless thyroiditis often relapses, but rarely develops into Graves’ disease. This is a rare case in which painless thyroiditis was followed by Graves’ disease.
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KEYWORD
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Graves disease, Thyroiditis, Thyrotoxicosis
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