Graves' disease following acute (subacute) thyroiditis.
The development of Graves' disease with positive thyroid-stimulating antibody titers is described in a woman, five months after onset of the putatively viral disorder, acute (subacute) thyroiditis. There was no evidence of transient hyperthyroidism during the acute episode. The arguments for and against a causal relationship between the two diseases have been reviewed. The present experience adds to the earlier suggestion that the association may represent cause and effect.
D000208:Acute Disease; D001323:Autoantibodies / Q000032:analysis; D005260:Female; D006111:Graves Disease / Q000209:etiology* / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D013966:Thyroiditis / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology
D001323:Autoantibodies