Familial form of thyroid dysgenesis: report of thyroid hemiagenesis with accompanying Graves' disease in a woman whose daughter has thyroid agenesis.
The subject is a 44-year-old female with thyroid hemiagenesis, who initially presented with hyperthyroidism. Thyroid peroxide antibody and thyroglobulin antibody levels were high. The scintiscan study and sonographic findings were compatible with thyroid hemiagenesis with accompanying Graves' disease. In reviewing her family history, her daughter was found to have thyroid agenesis, and other thyroid disorders were found in 2 female family members.
Lee
I-Te
IT
Department of Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.
Sheu
Wayne Huey-Herng
WH
Lin
Shih-Yi
SY
D000328:Adult; D000013:Congenital Abnormalities / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D006111:Graves Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D010375:Pedigree; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014463:Ultrasonography