Resolution of thyroid-induced schizophreniform disorder following subtotal thyroidectomy: case report.
Psychoses due to thyrotoxicosis are typically affective in nature. We report on a schizophreniform psychosis in a woman with Graves' disease whose symptoms abated following subtotal thyroidectomy. Surgical thyroidectomy should be considered in thyrotoxic patients who are unresponsive to medical therapy or who manifest unremitting or life-threatening psychotic behavior, especially if long-term compliance required for medical therapy appears unlikely.
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006980:Hyperthyroidism / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D019965:Neurocognitive Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D010349:Patient Compliance; D013965:Thyroidectomy