Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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2774734 | Endocrinología y Nutrición | 2007 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
Thyroid gland enlargement due to amyloid infiltration, known as amyloid goitre, is a rare clinic entity. In most reported cases, patients' thyroid function is normal; less frequent is the presentation with thyroid hypofunction, and exceedingly rare is its association with thyroid hyperfunction. We hereby report a case of amyloid goitre and primary hyperthyroidism, due to systemic amyloidosis, in a patient with cystic fibrosis, without compressive symptoms. Then, we provide a brief review of this entity and its therapeutic management.
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Authors
Artemio Velasco Morales, Manuel Luque-RamÃrez, Luis DomÃnguez, Graciano Sánchez de Paco, Teresa Reina Durán, Antonio Gómez-Pan,