title: [Hypothyroidism--a manifold clinical view].
abstract: Symptoms of hypothyroidism are often unspecific and numerous. As a doctor you will not get the diagnosis if you do not think of the disease and take the tests necessary to verify it. Doctors have been criticised for not being able to make the correct diagnosis and give proper treatment to these patients. As a consequence, too many patients are treated. Here we describe four patients who illustrate how conventional radiotherapy after cancer mammae surgery gave rise to hypothyroidism, how fine needle aspiration biopsy of the thyroid gland can help in the diagnosis of autoimmune thyroiditis, and a patient without hypothyroidism who was treated with thyroxine and triiodothyronine.
authors.affiliation: Thyroidea poliklinikken Hormonlaboratoriet Aker universitetssykehus 0514 Oslo.
authors.forename: Ingrid
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Norheim
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Thorsby
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007037:Hypothyroidism / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011832:Radiation Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis; D011878:Radiotherapy / Q000009:adverse effects; D013960:Thyroid Function Tests; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000528:radiation effects; D013967:Thyroiditis, Autoimmune / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D013974:Thyroxine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects
chemical_list: D013974:Thyroxine