Consecutive patients with the final diagnosis of Hashimoto's thyroiditis - case 47 (449) |
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Clinical presentation: A 65-year-old woman was referred for evaluation of low TSH detected on yearly check of hypothyroidism. She had no complaints.
Palpation. Both lobes were firm. No nodule was palpable.
Laboratory tests: TSH 0.05 mIU/L, FT4 19.2 pM/L on daily 100 microgram levothyroxine.
Ultrasonography. The thyroid was moderately hypoechogenic and had several more hypoechogenic areas. There were no nodules of pathological sense.
Suggestion: to decrease the dose of levothyroxine to daily 75 micrograms.