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Fluctuating Hyperthyroidism and Hypothyroidism in Graves’ Disease: The Swinging Between Two Clinical Entities

Autoimmune thyroid disorders are frequently encountered in clinical practice and consist of a spectrum ranging from Graves’ hyperthyroidism to Hashimoto's hypothyroidism. Generally, patients with autoimmune thyroid disorders will lean towards one end of the spectrum or the other, with fluctuati...

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Autores principales: Shrestha, Aakriti, Adhikari, Namrata, Devkota, Saujan, Chowdhury, Tutul, Shiferaw-Deribe, Zewge, Gousy, Nicole, Adhikari, Samaj
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9440987/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36081960
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.27715
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Sumario:Autoimmune thyroid disorders are frequently encountered in clinical practice and consist of a spectrum ranging from Graves’ hyperthyroidism to Hashimoto's hypothyroidism. Generally, patients with autoimmune thyroid disorders will lean towards one end of the spectrum or the other, with fluctuations between hyper- and hypothyroidism rarely seen. This is especially the case when persistent hyperthyroidism occurs after a prolonged period of hypothyroidism. Here, we present a case of a young female patient initially presenting with Graves’ disease with a previous history of hypothyroidism.