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- Title
Elevated TSH in a Thyroidectomized Patient: Differential Diagnosis Beyond Noncompliance with Treatment.
- Authors
Oliveira, Julia M.; Alves, Thalita G.; Camacho, Cléber P.; Vieira, José Gilberto H.; Martins, João Roberto M.
- Abstract
The article describes a case of an elevated thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) in a 42-year-old thyroidectomized female patient from Peru. Topics include some of the symptoms reported by the patient such as progressive enlargement of a single thyroid nodule, an overview of the tests performed on the patient to address inconsistency in her TSH results, and a brief background on macro-TSH.
- Subjects
THYROTROPIN; THYROID hormones; THYROID diseases; THYROIDECTOMY; THYROID gland surgery; DISEASES in older women
- Publication
Journal of Applied Laboratory Medicine, 2019, p903
- ISSN
2475-7241
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.1373/jalm.2018.026542