RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Hyperthyroidism In Adults: Variable Clinical Presentations And Approaches To Diagnosis
JF The Journal of the American Board of Family
                Practice
JO J Am Board Fam Med
FD American Board of Family Medicine
SP 109
OP 113
DO 10.3122/jabfm.8.2.109
VO 8
IS 2
A1 Paul B. Knudson
YR 1995
UL http://www.jabfm.org/content/8/2/109.abstract
AB Background: Hyperthyroidism is a disease that has various symptoms and can present in many ways. In the elderly patient hyperthyroidism often is not expressed in the classical manner. A case report of a middle-aged man who had hyperthyroidism with only one symptom is detailed. Methods: A literature review utilizing MEDLINE files from 1988 to the present, as well as current textbooks of medicine and endocrinology, was used to prepare this report. Keywords for the search were “hyperthyroidism,” “symptoms,” “unintentional weight loss,” and “differential diagnosis.” Results and Conclusions: The clinical presentation of hyperthyroidism can vary from almost asymptomatic to apathetic in appearance to a marked hyperdynamic physiologic response. Family physicians must be well informed of this variation in disease expression. Overlooking the diagnosis of this relatively easily treated condition can be detrimental to patient care and expensive.