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Hyperthyroidism associated with metastatic thyroid carcinoma
Author(s) -
Steffensen F. H.,
Aunsholt N. Aa.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
clinical endocrinology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.055
H-Index - 147
eISSN - 1365-2265
pISSN - 0300-0664
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2265.1994.tb01837.x
Subject(s) - medicine , thyroid , thyroid carcinoma , hyperplasia , carcinoma , endocrinology , metastatic carcinoma , hyperfunction
Summary We report a patient with unilateral thyroid carcinoma, who developed hyperfunction of the thyroid gland during the metastatic progression of the thyroid carcinoma. Concurrently with this event, TSI increased and it is suggested that the differentiated aggressive metastatic thyroid neoplasm had initiated the autoimmune disorder leading to TSI production and thus to hyperplasia and hyperfunction of the thyroid resulting in hyperthyroidism.