title: [Lithium and hyperthyroidism].
abstract: The development of hypothyroidism and the forming of a goiter are well-known complications associated with lithium medications. But there are also occasional references to cases of hyperthyroidism in the wake of both continual and of discontinued lithium medication. In the case being reported on here of a lady patient aged 64 and suffering from a toxic adenoma not recognized at the time, thyrotoxicosis accompanied by above-normal FT-3 results and the characteristic clinical symptoms developed when lithium medication was discontinued. Medical literature consulted in the context discussed pharmacological mechanisms which may be responsible for the said complications.
authors.affiliation: Stiftung Tannenhof, Evangelische Nervenklinik, Remscheid-Lüttringhausen.
authors.forename: K E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Brogmus
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Winiarski
mesh_terms: D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000097:blood / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006044:Goiter, Nodular / Q000097:blood / Q000139:chemically induced; D006801:Humans; D006980:Hyperthyroidism / Q000097:blood / Q000139:chemically induced*; D016651:Lithium Carbonate / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008875:Middle Aged; D010259:Paranoid Disorders / Q000097:blood / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000523:psychology; D012307:Risk Factors; D013960:Thyroid Function Tests; D013971:Thyrotoxicosis / Q000097:blood / Q000139:chemically induced*
chemical_list: D016651:Lithium Carbonate
vernacular_title: Lithium und Hyperthyreose.