Outcome of thyroid function in Graves' patients treated with radioiodine: role of thyroid-stimulating and thyrotropin-blocking antibodies and of radioiodine-induced thyroid damage

The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism
Luca ChiovatoAldo Pinchera

Abstract

We investigated the interrelationship and the influence of thyroid-stimulating antibodies (TSAb), TSH-blocking antibodies (TSHBAb), and of radioiodine (131I)-induced thyroid damage in the early (within 1 yr) outcome of thyroid function in hyperthyroid patients with Graves' disease (GD) treated with 131I. TSAb, TSHBAb, and ultrasound thyroid volume (as an index of thyroid damage) were simultaneously measured before and at 1, 3, 6, and 12 months after 131I in 31 GD patients. One year after radioiodine, 9.7% of patients were hyperthyroid (Hyper-group), requiring methimazole; 12.9% were euthyroid (Eu-group); and 77.4% were hypothyroid (Hypo-group). Pretreatment thyroid volume in the Eu-group and Hyper-group was significantly greater (P = 0.009) than in the Hypo-group. Pre-131I TSAb levels were higher in the Hyper-group vs. the Hypo-group (P = 0.01) or the Eu-group (P = 0.03). A significant post-131I increase in TSAb levels occurred in 66% of patients developing hypothyroidism but not in those remaining hyperthyroid. After 131I, TSHBAb appeared in 7 patients, in all but one associated with high levels of TSAb. One year after radioiodine: 1) the mean percent reduction in thyroid volume was greater in the Hypo-group (80.7%) or the Eu-...Continue Reading

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