AUTOIMMUNE HYPOTHYROIDISM IN PATIENT WITH NEUROFIBROMATOSIS-1

A 53 year old woman, diagnosed with Neurofibromatosis I with multiple neurfibromas over trunk, upper limb & lower limb, she had café au lait spots on her abdomen skin. She was admitted to the tertiary care setup with the complains of cold intolerance, numbness in the limbs, high blood pressure &...

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Published inJournal of Ayub Medical College, Abbottabad Vol. 27; no. 4; pp. 938 - 939
Main Authors Faraz, Ahmed, Nafees, Taha, Ahmed, Syed Arsalan, Rizvi, Shahraiz Shah
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Pakistan 01.10.2015
Subjects
Female
Hashimoto Disease - blood
Hashimoto Disease - complications
Humans
Middle Aged
Neurofibromatosis 1 - complications
Thyroid Hormones - blood
Thyroiditis, Autoimmune - blood
Thyroiditis, Autoimmune - complications
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Summary:A 53 year old woman, diagnosed with Neurofibromatosis I with multiple neurfibromas over trunk, upper limb & lower limb, she had café au lait spots on her abdomen skin. She was admitted to the tertiary care setup with the complains of cold intolerance, numbness in the limbs, high blood pressure & constipation, patient also had complain of weight gain, lab revealed high TSH, low Free thyroid hormones & positive anti thyroglobulin antibodies. Case was diagnosed with autoimmune hypothyroidism. This is the first case reported with such association of these two diseases.
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ISSN:1025-9589