Presence of Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone Receptor Antibodies in a Patient with Subacute Thyroiditis followed by Hypothyroidism and Later Graves' Disease with Ophthalmopathy: A Case Report

摘要

Subacute thyroiditis (SAT) is, in most cases, a self-limiting, possibly viral, inflammatory disorder usually followed by a recovery of normal thyroid function [1]. The development of Graves' disease (GD) after SAT is very rare, and only a limited number of cases of GD occurring after SAT have been reported [2-6]. Here, we report a case of GD with opthalmopathy occurring 11 years after SAT with thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) receptor antibodies present and hypothyroidism requiring thyroxine.