Multiple changes in thyroid function in patients with chronic active HCV hepatitis treated with recombinant interferon-alpha

The American Journal of Medicine
E RotiL E Braverman

Abstract

Recombinant human interferon-alpha (r-IFN-alpha) is often successfully used in the treatment of patients with chronic viral hepatitis B and C. Thyroid dysfunction has been reported to occur with variable frequency during r-IFN-alpha therapy especially in patients with preexisting thyroid autoimmunity. We have prospectively evaluated the effect of r-IFN-alpha on various aspects of thyroid function in patients with HCV chronic hepatitis. Thirty-two patients with HCV chronic active hepatitis were studied prospectively before and during r-IFN-alpha therapy. Serum TSH, FT4, FT3, and thyroid receptor (TSR) and thyroid peroxidase (TPO) antibodies, and the iodide-perchlorate discharge test (I-C10(4)) to detect subtle defects in the thyroid organification of iodide were carried out during the study. Thyroid radioactive iodine uptakes (RAIU) were obtained in patients who developed thyrotoxicosis. All patients were clinically and biochemically euthyroid prior to r-IFN-alpha therapy with negative I-C10(4) discharge tests. Four patients became thyrotoxic, 3 secondary to destructive or inflammatory thyroiditis with a low thyroid RAIU, and 1 patient developed hypothyroidism. The I-C10(4) discharge test became positive in 7 of the 32 patients ...Continue Reading

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