Conjugal thyroid disease--six couples with thyrotoxicosis, one couple with hypothyroidism, and one couple with thyroid cancer.
Six married couples with thyrotoxicosis, one couple with primary hypothyroidism, and one couple with well differentiated thyroid cancer are reported. The occurrence of conjugal thyroid disease raises the possibility that environmental factors may have played an aetiological role.
D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006980:Hyperthyroidism / Q000235:genetics*; D007037:Hypothyroidism / Q000235:genetics*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics*; D013997:Time Factors