TSH-Suppressive Therapy: A Thorny Issue

Baldini, Itala Marina and Cocino, Cristina and Seghezzi, Sonia and Cappellini, Maria Domenica (2017) TSH-Suppressive Therapy: A Thorny Issue. European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 4 (2). ISSN 2284-2594

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Abstract

Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH)-suppressive therapy with levothyroxine is a cornerstone of thyroid carcinoma follow-up therapy, but the achievement of therapeutic goals must be balanced against L-T4 side effects. We describe the case of a 64-year-old cardiopathic patient with papillary thyroid carcinoma and autoimmune thyroiditis, whose cardiac condition worsened during TSH-suppressive therapy. TSH concentrations also fluctuated widely because of changing intestinal absorption due to coeliac disease.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	thyroid carcinoma; TSH-suppressive therapy; intestinal malabsorption
Subjects:	600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate > 610 Medicina e salute (Classificare qui la tecnologia dei servizi medici) > 616 Malattie (classificare qui la Clinica medica, la medicina basata sull'evidenza, la Medicina interna, la Medicina sperimentale) > 616.4 Malattie del sistema emopoietico, linfatico, ghiandolare; Malattie del sistema endocrino
Depositing User:	Michela Donatelli
Date Deposited:	31 Mar 2017 09:55
Last Modified:	11 May 2017 07:45
URI:	http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/id/eprint/16170

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