title: Hashitoxicosis (or Graves' disease?) with pericardial effusion.
abstract: Regarding the letter to the Editor entitled "Hashitoxicosis with pericardial effusion" (published online in April 2009); a case with subclinical thyrotoxicosis has been diagnosed as Hashitoxicosis depending on the ultrasonographic thyroid echo pattern and positive thyroid autoantibodies. The validity of this diagnosis and probability of Graves' disease in this case has been discussed.
authors.affiliation: Selcuk University, Meram School of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, 42080, Meram, Konya/Turkey. Electronic address: cakirmehtap@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Mehtap
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cakir
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006111:Graves Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D010490:Pericardial Effusion / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013971:Thyrotoxicosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*