In a case of 66 years old man after partial laryngectomy psychiatric disorders with anorectic symptoms and significant loss of weight were observed. Psychiatric treatment was unsuccessful. Further examination and labour data revealed hyperthyreosis. Specific treatment was successful and caused complete recovery.
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Orv Hetil
March 2020
I. Belgyógyászati és Infektológiai Osztály,Zala Megyei Szent Rafael KórházZalaegerszeg, Zrínyi M. út 1., 8900.
Thyrotropin-secreting pituitary tumors are rare causes of hyperthyroidism and account for less than 1% of all pituitary adenomas. The number of reported cases increased over the last few years as a consequence of the routine use of ultrasensitive immunometric assays for measuring thyrotropin levels. In the clinical practice, thyrotropin secreting adenomas must be considered in case of inappropriately normal to elevated thyrotropin in the presence of elevated free serum thyroid hormone levels.
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November 2004
Klinika za opstu i vaskularnu hirurgiju, VMA, Beograd.
Thyroid gland surgery today is not saddled with high incidence of main complications. Miscellaneous surgical institutions with different surgical approach, operative technique and radicality have published reports with great discrepancy in incidence of complications, analyzing them with different methods of diagnosis and result evaluation. In the same way it is well known that higher latitude of operative procedure gave better control of thyroid diseases, but it can be accompanied with more complications.
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June 2004
Katedra i Klinika Otolaryngologii AM w Bydgoszczy.
In a case of 66 years old man after partial laryngectomy psychiatric disorders with anorectic symptoms and significant loss of weight were observed. Psychiatric treatment was unsuccessful. Further examination and labour data revealed hyperthyreosis.
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June 2002
Nuklearmedizinische Klinik und Poliklinik der TU München, Klinikum rechts der Isar, München, Deutschland.
A hyperfunctioning differentiated thyroid carcinoma is a rare occurrence. Nevertheless, this diagnosis must be considered in a scintigraphically hot nodule if there is a clinical or sonographic suggestion of malignancy. The case of a 57-year old patient with hyperthyreosis and a scintigraphically hot thyroid nodule is presented.
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August 2001
Abteilung für Allgemein-, Gefäss- und Thoraxchirurgie, Allgemeines Krankenhaus Harburg, Hamburg, Germany.
A 48-year-old woman with a monstrous goiter was referred to our hospital. She noticed a growth of the goiter for about 20 years, until now she did not undergo surgery because she was afraid of the operation. In September 1999 she suffered from a cardiac decompensation because of a hyperthyreosis, so she decided to be operated.
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