Thyrotoxicosis in a patient treated with lithium carbonate for mental disease.
In recent years a few cases of hyperthyroidism and several of hypothyroidism which developed during lithium therapy have been described. We give an account of a case of hyperthyroidism, due to painless thyroiditis in a patient on long-term lithium therapy.
D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000188:drug therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006980:Hyperthyroidism / Q000139:chemically induced*; D008094:Lithium / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008875:Middle Aged
D008094:Lithium