Open AccessUnusual presentation of thyrotoxicosis - a case report and review of literature
Author(s) -
Jokotade Adeleye,
RO Akinyemi,
Williams Balogun,
H O Onyegbutulem
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
west african journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0189-160X
DOI - 10.4314/wajm.v24i3.28215
Subject(s) - medicine , presentation (obstetrics) , pediatrics , triiodothyronine , weakness , vomiting , thyroid function tests , thyroid , thyroid function , dermatology , surgery
The majority of patients with thyrotoxicosis are readily diagnosed clinically. It must be accepted however that not every patient presents with the characteristic picture. Thyrotoxicosis occasionally presents in an unknown or atypical fashion in which the diagnosis may not be obvious.