Author/Authors :
GÖZEL, Nevzat Özel Doğu Anadolu Hastanesi - İç Hastalıkları Kliniği, Türkiye , KILINÇ, Faruk Dicle Üniversitesi - Tıp Fakültesi - Endokrinoloji Bilim Dalı, Türkiye , DEMİRCAN, Fatih Elazığ Özel Çağrı Tıp Merkezi - İç Hastalıkları Kliniği, Türkiye
Title Of Article :
Unilateral Grave s Disease: A case report
Abstract :
Graves’ disease is a a rare autoimmune thyroid disease that characterized by hyperthyroidism, diffuse goiter, infiltrative ophthalmopathy, infiltrative dermopathy and thyroid akropachy. It usually affects both lobes of the thyroid, unilateral involvement have been reported rarely. In our clinic we diagnosed unilateral graves disease wich has single-sided involvement (in other thyroid lobe and isthmus agenesis-hemiagenesis) in cintigraphy. Thus we presented a rare unilateral graves case with current literature.
NaturalLanguageKeyword :
Unilateral graves , Thyroid hemiagenesis , Hyperthyroidism.
JournalTitle :
Fırat Medical Journal
