Effective Preoperative Plasmapheresis Treatment of Severe Hyperthyroidism in a Patient with Giant Toxic Nodular Goiter and Methimazole-Induced Agranulocytosis

Agranulocytosis is a rare but very serious complication of thyrostatic therapy. In severe hyperthyroidism, the removal of circulating thyroid hormones by plasmapheresis may be an effective therapeutic option. This report describes the therapeutic difficulties and successful preoperative treatment wi...

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Autores principales: Barwinek, Katarzyna, Gąsior-Perczak, Danuta, Trepka, Sławomir, Szczodry, Artur, Kopczyński, Janusz, Sitarz-Żelazna, Zdzisława, Kowalska, Aldona
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2020
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7353859/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32545570
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicina56060290

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7353859/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32545570
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicina56060290

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