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Elderly Patients with Suppressed Serum TSH but Normal Free Thyroid Hormone Levels Usually Have Mild Thyroid Overactivity and are at Increased Risk of Developing Overt Hyperthyroidism

STOTT, DJ, MCLELLAN, AR, FINLAYSON, J, CHU, P, ALEXANDER, WD·1991·QJM: An International Journal of Medicine
DOI 10.1093/oxfordjournals.qjmed.a068527
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The clinical and biochemical characteristics of 15 elderly patients with low levels of thyrotrophin (TSH) (<0.1 mU/L) but normal free tri-iodothyronine, (T3) and free thyroxine (T4) (group S) were compared with 10 euthyroid subjects (group E) and 10 hyperthyroid patients (group T). Free T3 and free T4 were significantly higher (p<0.05) in group S(6.3±0.5 and 18.6±1.0 pmol/l, respectively) than in group E(4.6±0.3, 12.6+0.6). In common with elderly hyperthyroid patients (group T)patients in group S had few signs or symptoms of thyrotoxocosis, but the Wayne score (clinical index of hyperthyroidism) was higher in group S than in euthyroid subjects (p<0.05). Thyroid microsomal, thyrogolobulin or thyrotrophin receptor antibodies were common in group T (n=9)but not in groups S(n=2) or E(n=1). This suggests a low prevalence of Graves' disease in group S compared to group T. Combined thyrotrophin releasing hormone (TRH; 200 μg i.v.) and gonadotrophin releasing hormone GnRH; 100 μg i.v.) tests were performed; no cases of low TSH due to hypopituitarism were identified in group S. During a mean of 7.9 (4–12) months of observation TSH reverted to the normal range (>0.2mU/L) in 7 of 15 patients in group S; thyroid hormone concentrations rose above the normal range in four, however, only two patients required treatment for hyperthyroidism. It is unlikely that the suppressed TSH of patients in group S was due to mild thyroid hormone excess; although this is often a transitory phenomenon, these patients are at increased risk of developing overt hyperthyroidism.

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Authors
STOTT, D., MCLELLAN, A., FINLAYSON, J., CHU, P., & ALEXANDER, W.
Affiliations
Western Infirmary (GB)
ORCID
CHU, P
Venue
QJM: An International Journal of Medicine
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Published
1991-01-01
Volume
78
Issue
1
Pages
77-84
ISSN
  • 0033-5622 (ISSN-L)
  • 1460-2393
  • 1460-2725
DOI
10.1093/oxfordjournals.qjmed.a068527
OpenAlex
W2273068525
Cited by
60
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0
Citations by year
2021: 1 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 2 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 1 · 2015: 3 · 2013: 1 · 2012: 3
FWCI
0.90
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • QJM (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Thyroid Disorders and Treatments
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Surgery › Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery
Keywords
TSH suppression, elderly patients, free thyroxine, free triiodothyronine, subclinical hyperthyroidism, overt hyperthyroidism, Graves' disease, thyroid autoantibodies, hypopituitarism, thyrotoxicosis
MeSH terms
Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Humans, Hyperthyroidism, Male, Middle Aged, Risk Factors, Thyroid Hormones, Thyrotropin, Thyroxine, Triiodothyronine

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