Misplaced Pages

Radiation-induced thyroiditis

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.

Radiation-induced thyroiditis is a form of painful, acute thyroiditis resulting from radioactive therapy to treat hyperthyroidism or from radiation to treat head and neck cancer or lymphoma. It affects 1% of those who have received radioactive iodine (I-131) therapy for Graves' Disease, typically presenting between 5 and 10 days after the procedure. Stored T3 and T4 are released as rapid destruction of thyroid tissue occurs which results in pain, tenderness, and exacerbation of hyperthyroidism.



References

  1. Bindra A, Braunstein GD (May 2006). "Thyroiditis". Am Fam Physician. 73 (10): 1769–76. PMID 16734054.
  2. Bindra, Archana; Braunstein, Glenn D. (2006-05-15). "Thyroiditis". American Family Physician. 73 (10): 1769–1776. ISSN 0002-838X. PMID 16734054.
Stub icon

This article about an endocrine, nutritional, or metabolic disease is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories: