Recurrence and heterogeneity in painless thyrotoxic lymphocytic thyroiditis. Report of five cases
Taylor, H.C.; Sheeler, L.R.
JAMA 248(9): 1085-1088
1982
ISSN/ISBN: 0098-7484 PMID: 6896731 Document Number: 194611
Five patients had recurrent episodes of spontaneously resolving thyrotoxicosis (SRT). Three displayed only the classic low-intake variety of this disorder, while two had alternating episodes of high-uptake and low-uptake thyrotoxicosis. Two of the three with low uptake only who had thyrotropin displacement activity (TDA) assays had negative results on this test, while one of the patients with alternating high- and low-uptake thyrotoxicosis had a positive TDA assay result, suggesting that the pathogenesis in the two types of SRT may differ.