Abstract
To delineate the incidence, clinical features, diagnosis, and treatment options for amiodarone induced hyperthyroidism (AIH), we reviewed the medical records of ten patients with AIH. Eight of these 10 patients were detected on initial review of the records of 200 patients in treatment with amiodarone, and the other 2 following notification by their endocrinologists. AIH occurred in 4.2% of patients being treated with amiodarone. At the time of diagnosis of AIH, the mean (SD) values for age, duration of treatment with amiodarone, and dose of amiodarone were 62.9 (8.96) years, 38.3 (20) months, and 366.7 (122) mg/day, respectively. The most common clinical features were weight loss and goiter (each seen in 90% of patients). Serum thyroxine (T4), triiodothyronine, and free thyroxine index (FTI) showed an increase of 84%, 47%, and 110%, while thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) and resin T4 uptake decreased 96% and 14%, respectively, from previous values. The most consistent laboratory findings, seen in all patients, were subnormal TSH and abnormally high FTI. One patient required no treatment; another underwent prompt total thyroidectomy. The other eight were treated medically; two of them underwent total thyroidectomy later, for m...Continue Reading
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