Transient hyperthyroidism complicating hydatidiform mole

Sivanesaratnam, V.

New Zealand Medical Journal 84(577): 436-437

1976


ISSN/ISBN: 0028-8446
PMID: 1071157
Document Number: 99671
A 15-week pregnant patient with hydatidiform mole presented with overt features of hyperthyroidism. With evacuation of the uterus and subsequently hysterectomy, her thyroid state returned to normal. The transient nature of the syndrome makes definitive anti-thyroid treatment unnecessary.

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