A curious case of refractory hypothyroidism due to selective malabsorption of oral thyroxine

There are very few cases in the literature in which refractory persistent hypothyroidism responded only to parenteral doses of levothyroxine and no evidence of any malabsorptive disorder could be identified. Here, we present a rare case of a 35-year-old woman with refractory hypothyroidism who respo...

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Autores principales: Damle, Nishikant, Bal, Chandrasekhar, Soundararajan, Ramya, Kumar, Praveen, Durgapal, Prashant
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3354865/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22629524
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2230-8210.95716
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Sumario:There are very few cases in the literature in which refractory persistent hypothyroidism responded only to parenteral doses of levothyroxine and no evidence of any malabsorptive disorder could be identified. Here, we present a rare case of a 35-year-old woman with refractory hypothyroidism who responded only to intravenous doses of levothyroxine. We also discuss possible causes for the same.

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