Background The association of hyperthyroidism with renal disease is very rare and the importance of timely clinical recognition cannot be overemphasized. Case presentation An 11-year-old girl presented with gastrointestinal symptoms while hypertension, edema and abdominal pain were noticed on clinical examination. Laboratory investigation revealed:...
Quaio, Caio R. D. C.Carvalho, Jozelio F.da Silva, Clovis A.Bueno, CleoniceBrasil, Amanda S.Pereira, Alexandre C.Jorge, Alexander A. L.Malaquias, Alexsandra C.Kim, Chong A.Bertola, Debora R.
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Quaio, Caio R. D. C.Carvalho, Jozelio F.da Silva, Clovis A.Bueno, CleoniceBrasil, Amanda S.Pereira, Alexandre C.Jorge, Alexander A. L.Malaquias, Alexsandra C.Kim, Chong A.Bertola, Debora R.
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To investigate whether there is an increased incidence of chronic autoimmune thyroiditis (CAT) in individuals living in the vicinity of industrial plants that manufacture petroleum byproducts in the state of So Paulo, Brazil. Between 1989 and 2004, 6,306 patients of both sexes, from 5 to 78 years old were divided in two groups according to their ho...
To investigate whether there is an increased incidence of chronic autoimmune thyroiditis (CAT) in individuals living in the vicinity of industrial plants that manufacture petroleum byproducts in the state of So Paulo, Brazil. Between 1989 and 2004, 6,306 patients of both sexes, from 5 to 78 years old were divided in two groups according to their ho...
Quaio, Caio R. D. C.Carvalho, Jozelio F.da Silva, Clovis A.Bueno, CleoniceBrasil, Amanda S.Pereira, Alexandre C.Jorge, Alexander A. L.Malaquias, Alexsandra C.Kim, Chong A.Bertola, Debora R.
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Quaio, Caio R. D. C.Carvalho, Jozelio F.da Silva, Clovis A.Bueno, CleoniceBrasil, Amanda S.Pereira, Alexandre C.Jorge, Alexander A. L.Malaquias, Alexsandra C.Kim, Chong A.Bertola, Debora R.
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To investigate whether there is an increased incidence of chronic autoimmune thyroiditis (CAT) in individuals living in the vicinity of industrial plants that manufacture petroleum byproducts in the state of So Paulo, Brazil. Between 1989 and 2004, 6,306 patients of both sexes, from 5 to 78 years old were divided in two groups according to their ho...
Obesity surgery is the optimal therapy for morbid obesity. A case is presented of a young woman who developed thyrotoxicosis, believed to be part of subacute thyroiditis, some days after undergoing laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass. This clinical entity can present difficulties in differential diagnosis from potential postoperative complication...
We describe here a 3-year-old boy with juvenile chronic myelomonocytic leukemia and monosomy 7 who underwent a second HLA matched bone marrow transplant from his sister. He developed hypothyroidism due to acute suppurative thyroiditis in the recovery phase of BMT. This is an extremely rare complication of BMT.
