ATYPICAL MANIFESTATIONS OF HYPERTHYROIDISM

Can Med Assoc J. 1964 Aug 1;91(5):204-11.

Abstract

Patients with hyperthyroidism usually present with symptoms of hypermetabolism with or without goitre and/or eye signs. Occasionally, however, the chief complaints are not immediately suggestive of hyperthyroidism. Patients with hyperthyroidism are described who presented with such atypical manifestations as periodic muscular paralysis, myasthenia, myopathy, encephalopathy, psychosis, angina pectoris, atrial fibrillation, heart failure without underlying heart disease, skeletal demineralization, pretibial myxedema, unilateral eye signs, and pitting edema of the ankles.

MeSH terms

  • Asian People*
  • Atrial Fibrillation*
  • Electrocardiography*
  • Exophthalmos*
  • Femoral Fractures*
  • Fractures, Bone*
  • Fractures, Spontaneous*
  • Goiter*
  • Graves Disease*
  • Heart Diseases*
  • Heart Failure*
  • Humans
  • Hydrothorax*
  • Hyperthyroidism*
  • Iodine Isotopes / therapeutic use*
  • Jews*
  • Myasthenia Gravis*
  • Myxedema*
  • Osteoporosis*
  • Radiography, Thoracic*
  • Thyroid Function Tests*
  • Thyroidectomy*

Substances

  • Iodine Isotopes