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- Title
A 15-Year-Old Female With Graves' Disease Develops Scleral Icterus.
- Authors
Vidmar, Kimberly K.; Lin, Henry C.; Quintanilla-Dick, Lourdes; Baines, Hayley K.
- Abstract
The article discusses a 15-year-old female with Graves' disease who developed acute liver injury secondary to autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) after initiating methimazole treatment, highlighting diagnostic and therapeutic challenges in managing coexisting autoimmune conditions. Topics include diagnostic dilemma posed by elevated transaminases in Graves' disease patients, the importance of comprehensive hepatitis workup, and the therapeutic approach to managing AIH alongside hyperthyroidism.
- Subjects
ULTRASONIC imaging of the abdomen; SPORTS participation; THYROIDECTOMY; THYROID hormones; PROPRANOLOL; NAUSEA; BIOPSY; AZATHIOPRINE; HORMONE therapy; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; THYROXINE; DIFFERENTIAL diagnosis; CHRONIC active hepatitis; GRAVES' disease; HEPATOTOXICOLOGY; ALANINE; WEIGHT loss; TACHYCARDIA; THYROID antagonists; AMINOTRANSFERASES; ABDOMINAL pain; PREDNISONE; JAUNDICE; ASPARTATE aminotransferase; ALANINE aminotransferase
- Publication
Clinical Pediatrics, 2024, Vol 63, Issue 3, p414
- ISSN
0009-9228
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.1177/00099228231176697