title: [Basedow disease following metastatic thyroid cancer].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Metastatic thyroid carcinoma rarely provokes hyperthyroidism. We describe here the main characteristics of this association observed in a 48-year-old woman.
  
  
  METHODS
  The patient had presented signs of hyperthyroidism for one year. Clinical examination revealed severe Graves' disease with nodular goiter. Presurgery investigations demonstrated thyroid carcinoma and lung metastasis. Thyroid stimulating immunoglobulins were elevated. After total thyroidectomy, hyperthyroidism persisted, indicating the functional nature of the lung metastases.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The effect of thyroid stimulating immunoglobulins on the clinical course of thyroid carcinoma and distant metastases remains unknown.
authors.affiliation: Service d'Endocrinologie, Maladies métaboliques et Nutrition, Hôpital Nord, Marseille.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Le Pommelet
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Denizot
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Costagliola
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ludgate
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Nussbaum
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kaphan
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Oliver
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006111:Graves Disease / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D018828:Immunoglobulins, Thyroid-Stimulating; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000556:secondary; D008875:Middle Aged; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D018828:Immunoglobulins, Thyroid-Stimulating
vernacular_title: Maladie de Basedow secondaire à un cancer thyroïdien métastatique.