RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Uncommon Causes of Thyrotoxicosis
JF Journal of Nuclear Medicine
JO J Nucl Med
FD Society of Nuclear Medicine
SP 265
OP 278
DO 10.2967/jnumed.107.041202
VO 49
IS 2
A1 Erik S. Mittra
A1 Ryan D. Niederkohr
A1 Cesar Rodriguez
A1 Tarek El-Maghraby
A1 I. Ross McDougall
YR 2008
UL http://jnm.snmjournals.org/content/49/2/265.abstract
AB Apart from the common causes of thyrotoxicosis, such as Graves' disease and functioning nodular goiters, there are more than 20 less common causes of elevated free thyroid hormones that produce the symptoms and signs of thyrotoxicosis. This review describes these rarer conditions and includes 14 illustrative patients. Thyrotropin and free thyroxine should be measured and, when the latter is normal, the free triiodothyronine level should be obtained. Measurement of the uptake of 123I is recommended for most patients.