| Summary: | Hypothyroidism in patient with Graves disease treated with antithyroid agent: A case report
The paper presented a case of hypothyroidism in patient with Graves disease after have long been treated with antithyroid agent. The cause of hypothyroidism in this case might be (1) the effect of anti-thyroid agent, (2) natural history of Graves disease as a result of autoimmune mechanism, and (3) coincidental presentation of Graves disease and condition causes hypothyroidism (hashitoxicosis).
A 39 year old woman, household , admitted to Sardjito Hospital because of general fatigue and facial edema. She was previously treated as Graves disease with PTU (propylthiouracil) 100 mg 3 times 100 mg/day for 2 years. Because of allergic reaction against PTU, the drug was replaced by Neomercazol®. One year later the patient complaining body weight (BW) gain, with the laboratory investigation showed T3 = 0.78 µg/d1 (N: 0.6-1.9)
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