Thyrotoxicosis in pregnancy: A case report

Authors

Bola R. Kamath, Department of Medicine and , Armed Forces Hospital, P.O.Box 726, Postal Code 111, Seeb, Sultanate of Oman.
Kamla J. Rao, Department of Medicine and , Armed Forces Hospital, P.O.Box 726, Postal Code 111, Seeb, Sultanate of Oman.
Adikari AK Mayadunne, Department of Obstetrics & Gynæcology, Armed Forces Hospital, P.O.Box 726, Postal Code 111, Seeb, Sultanate of Oman.

Abstract

There are various causes of hyperthyroidism in pregnancy such as Graves’ disease and gestational thyrotoxicosis. The thyroid stimulation results from the excessive levels of circulating human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) produced by the trophoblastic tissue in both hydatidiform moles and choriocarcinoma. We present a pregnant patient with hydatidiform mole who presented with hyperthyroidism that resolved after evacuation of the mole.

Publication Date

10-31-2001

First Page

113

Last Page

115

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Recommended Citation

Kamath, Bola R.; Rao, Kamla J.; and Mayadunne, Adikari AK (2001) "Thyrotoxicosis in pregnancy: A case report," Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal: Vol. 3: 113-115.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.18295/2075-0528.2589