Liver Dysfunction in a Patient with Graves’ Disease
Filipa Campos, Angelica Sharma, Bijal Patel, Deborah Papadopoulou, Alexander N. Comninos, Ali Abbara · 2024
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Description
Six authors, led by Filipa Campos, report a 2024 case of liver trouble in a man with Graves' disease. Graves' disease drives the thyroid into overdrive, and liver tests often go off in such patients for several distinct reasons. Sorting out which reason applies guides the whole treatment.
The patient was a 42-year-old man whose blood tests showed mild liver dysfunction at his first visit, with very high thyroid hormone levels. He was started on carbimazole, a standard thyroid drug. Over eight weeks, his key liver enzyme climbed far higher, to a peak the report gives in full. The drug was stopped, and urgent radioiodine treatment followed. Within a week off the drug, his liver values fell sharply. The case stands out because drug-linked liver harm from this class usually takes a cholestatic form, while his pattern was hepatitic.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Filipa Campos, Angelica Sharma, Bijal Patel, Deborah Papadopoulou, Alexander N. Comninos, Ali Abbara |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 20 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |