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T3 thyrotoxicosis
Etiology:
- autonomous thyroid function
a) toxic uninodular & multinodular goiter
b) Graves disease in the setting of iodine deficiency
Clinical manifestations:
- see hyperthyroidism &/or thyrotoxicosis
Laboratory:
- free T3 elevated
- free T4 generally within normal limits, but may be low
- serum TSH is suppressed
Management:
- see multinodular goiter
- see hyperthyroidism
General
thyrotoxicosis
References
- Konrady A
T3-thyrotoxicosis: incidence, significance and correlation
with iodine intake (Article in Hungarian, English abstract)
PMID: 10703222
- Geriatric Review Syllabus, 8th edition (GRS8)
Durso SC and Sullivan GN (eds)
American Geriatrics Society, 2013
- Figge J, Leinung M, Goodman AD et al
The clinical evaluation of patients with subclinical
hyperthyroidism and free triiodothyronine (free T3) toxicosis.
Am J Med. 1994 Mar;96(3):229-34
PMID: 8154510