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Case #2 -
A 30 year old woman with palpitations and weight loss

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:
3.) In a patient who is hyperthyroid, what are the possible causes?

Possible etiologies of hyperthyroidism:


  • Iatrogenic thyrotoxicosis

  • Graves' disease

  • Toxic multinodular goiter (Plummers disease)

  • Solitary toxic nodule

  • Thyroiditis

  • Iodine induced

  • Amiodarone induced
 
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