Open AccessA UK reported case of Graves’ disease with thyroid hemiagenesis
Author(s) -
Jack Faulkner,
Kiran Varadharajan,
Natasha Choudhury
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
bmj case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.231
H-Index - 26
ISSN - 1757-790X
DOI - 10.1136/bcr-2018-228094
Subject(s) - medicine , graves' disease , thyroid , agenesis , rare disease , disease , surgery , thyroid disease , pediatrics , radiology , pathology
We present a rare case of a 31-year-old patient with Graves' disease with agenesis of the left thyroid lobe. The patient was managed with a right hemithyroidectomy and isthmusectomy as definitively treatment of Graves' disease. The patient had an uneventful postoperative outcome and the histology was benign and consistent with Graves' disease. This is a rare case in the literature of Graves' disease with unilateral thyroid agenesis, and to our knowledge is the first reported case from the UK.