Friday 11 May 2018



Graves disease is the diagnosis - thyroid autoantibodies are increased. Almost 80% of patients have exopthalmos. Medical treatment such as carbimazole or radioiodine treatment are recommended rather than surgery. There will be increased uptake on the thyroid radioisotope scan.

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