Case report The patient was born at term by normal delivery, weighing 3.34kg (50th centile). She was referred at six months of age for poor weight gain (2nd centile). Blood tests showed an elevated free T4 (43.4) with normal TSH (3.10). Systemic examination was normal and remained so ...
Conclusions The risk of malignancy increases in patients with higher level TSH within normal range, as well as the presence of HT and microcalcification. No evidence suggests that coexistent HT alleviates the aggressiveness of PTC.Background Thyroid cancer is the most frequent endocrine malignancy, acc...
T3 (pg/dl) T4 (pg/dl) TSH (μIU/ml) pH Pvo2 (mm Hg) Svo2% P50 (mm Hg) ANP (pg/dl) HIF1α (pg/ml) 2–3DPG (nmol/ml) Group 1 (HAPE-S) (n = 11) 1.3 ± 0.3 112.7 ± 37.3 2.0 ± 0.9 7.3 ± 0.04 24.9...
The eight hypothyroid patients had normal glutathione S-transferase values at presentation and all showed a significant increase in these after thyroxine replacement therapy. In three of these patients in whom standard doses of replacement therapy were associated with a raised free thyroxine (T4) ...