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Changes in Thyroid Function and Immunological Parameters Long after Subtotal Thyroidectomy for Graves' Disease.
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European Journal of Surgery . Apr98, Vol. 164 Issue 3, p173-178. 6p. - Publication Year :
- 1998
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Abstract
- Objective: To find out whether subtotal thyroidectomy results in long term stable functional and immunological remission in patients with Graves' disease. Design: Retrospective study. Setting: Teaching hospital, Japan Subjects: 176 patients who underwent subtotal thyroidectomy for Graves' disease, 1970-79. Intervention: Follow up surveys in 1984 and 1992. Main outcome measures: - Changes in thyroid function, antibody titres, and lymphocyte subsets. Results: 29/79 patients (39%) who were euthyroid in 1984 had evidence of thyroid dysfunction in 1992. Of the 8 patients with latent hypothyroidism in 1984, 3 (38%) had become euthyroid by 1992, and none required treatment. Of the 29 patients who were hypothyroid in 1984, 5 had latent hypothyroidism and 1 was euthyroid in 1992, and of the 18 patients with recurrent hyperthyroidism in 1984, 1 had become euthyroid by 1992. The number of positive titres to TSH-binding inhibitory immunoglobulin was significantly higher in the recurrence group (31/36, 86%) compared with the hypothyroid (7/26, 27%), latent hypothyroidism (8/37, 22%), and euthyroid (22/77, 29%) groups ( p < 0.01). There were also significant differences in the mean (SD) number of Leu HLA DR subsets between the control (17 (3), n = 18) and recurrence (21 (6), n = 38), hypothyroid (22 (6), n = 35), latent hypothyroidism (22 (6), n = 22), and euthyroid (22 (9), n = 64) groups (p < 0.002). There were no differences in the number of T cell subsets among the groups. Conclusion: Treatment of Graves' disease by subtotal thyroidectomy does not necessarily result in stable late functional or immunological remission. Long term follow up of such patients may be necessary. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *THYROIDECTOMY
*THYROID gland surgery
*GRAVES' disease
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 11024151
- Volume :
- 164
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- European Journal of Surgery
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 4779298
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/110241598750004607