Graves' disease with thyrotoxicosis following subacute thyroiditis.
Two patients are described who manifested the sequential occurrence of Graves' disease and subacute thyroiditis. The literature on this very unusual event is reviewed and speculation is offered on a possible mechanism linking thyroiditis to activation of Graves' disease in susceptible persons.
Wartofsky
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Department of Medicine, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C. 20307.
Schaaf
M
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D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006111:Graves Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D013968:Thyroiditis, Subacute / Q000150:complications*; D013971:Thyrotoxicosis / Q000209:etiology*