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Thyrotoxicosis with diffuse goitre

Definition

Thyrotoxicosis with diffuse goitre (also known as Graves disease or Basedow disease) is a form of autoimmune thyroid disease and is the leading cause of hyperthyroidism and thyrotoxicosis. In this condition, thyroid-stimulating immunoglobulins bind to and activate the TSH receptor, resulting in excessive thyroid hormone production. The disease is characterized by goiter, rapid and irregular heartbeat, weight loss, irritability, anxiety, and often a (slight) protrusion of the eyeballs.

Inclusions

  • Graves disease
  • toxic diffuse goitre

Also indexed as

Basedow diseaseFlajani diseaseGraves diseaseGraves disease with exophthalmosParry diseaseStokes diseaseThyroid eye diseaseThyrotoxicosis with diffuse goitreexophthalmic goitreexophthalmic strumagoitre with hyperthyroidismhyperthyroid goitrehyperthyroidism strumamalignant exophthalmosophthalmic Graves diseasethyroid exophthalmosthyroid-associated ophthalmopathythyrotoxicosis strumathyrotoxicosis with goitretoxic diffuse goitretoxic diffuse goitre with exophthalmostoxic goitretoxic goitre NOStoxic primary thyroid hyperplasia

Nearby in Thyrotoxicosis