title: Ablation of thyroid function with radioactive iodine after recurrent episodes of silent thyroiditis.
abstract: We report the history of a 44-year-old woman, who had four episodes of thyrotoxicosis in 4 years. The clinical findings and laboratory results were all indicative of recurrent silent thyroiditis. Because silent thyroiditis is self-limiting, treatment is usually symptomatic. In this patient radioiodine therapy was eventually prescribed to obviate further recurrences. We were unable to find reports of this number of recurrences.
authors.affiliation: Division of Nuclear Medicine, Stanford University Hospital, California.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Choe
authors.forename: I R
authors.initials: IR
authors.lastname: McDougall
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D012008:Recurrence; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013966:Thyroiditis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000532:radiotherapy*
chemical_list: D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes