Present data demonstrate an independent association between elevated pre- therapeutic serum TSH levels and poor disease-specific survival in patients with endometrial cancer. These findings are interesting from the clinical point of view, as hypothyroidism is a common disorder, especially in elderly women...
CONCLUSIONS: In middle-aged and older patients with elevated TSH and normal T4, it may not be harmful to follow biochemical and clinical status even in the presence of nonspecific symptoms potentially associated with hypothyroidism.doi:10.1007/BF02598988Roman Jaeschke...
Of the 27 subjects who demonstrated diffuse uptake, 20 (74%) were found to be hypothyroid, based on elevated TSH values or by supplemental thyroid hormone therapy. None of these patients were diagnosed with a thyroid malignancy. Average SUVs in diffuse thyroids ranged from 1.8 to 5.4. Of ...
The definition of recurrence was based on thyroid function testing after ATD discontinuation: suppressed thyrotropin (TSH) <0.4 mU/L and elevated free thyroxine (FT4) >1.76 ng/dL and/or triiodothyronine (T3) >181 ng/dL. As recurrence is most likely within the first 6–12 months after A...
Table 1 shows the results of thyroid hormone levels (TSH, FT4) and thyroid autoantibodies (anti-TPO, anti-TG). Most patients were euthyroid. Three subjects presented with elevated TSH levels, while one patient presented with TSH below the normal range. Four patients had elevated FT4 levels. Ot...