Thyroid dysfunction in a prospectively followed series of patients with progressive systemic sclerosis

Journal of Endocrinological Investigation
L De KeyserA J Van Herle

Abstract

Thirty-nine patients with progressive systemic sclerosis (PSS) in stable clinical conditions were extensively evaluated for the presence of thyroid disease. Two patients had previously undetected hypothyroidism while 7 additional patients had normal serum thyroid hormone levels but an exaggerated TSH response to thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) administration, consistent with subclinical hypothyroidism. Four of the 9 subjects with abnormal TRH responses had positive antithyroid antibodies and of the remaining 5, 4 had been on chlorambucil or prednisone. Basal TSH and TSH response to TRH were significantly higher in PSS patients as a group when compared to a control group and increased with increasing duration of PSS. Serum antithyroid antibodies (antithyroglobulin and/or antimicrosomal antibodies) were positive in 18% and thyroid scans were abnormal in 18% of the patients. The euthyroid sick syndrome was not seen. Our findings indicate an increased frequency of, sometimes previously unsuspected, clinical and subclinical hypothyroidism in stable PSS patients which appears to be autoimmune in nature and becomes more prevalent with increased PSS duration. Careful and regular monitoring of the thyroid function in PSS patients is...Continue Reading

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