Thyroid Research Recently Published

Recently Published Thyroid Research

These notes describing published research studies were prepared by Robert D. Utiger, M.D. from summaries of original research articles. The summaries were published in Clinical Thyroidology (Vol. 17, No. 2, 2005), a publication of the American Thyroid Association, and are available at www.thyroid.org. Dr. Utiger is the Editor-in-Chief of Clinical Thyroidology.

JULY 2005

Thyroid Disease

21. Women with hypothyroidism have fewer chronic musculoskeletal symptoms than other women
22. Kidney function is altered in hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism

Hyperthyroidism

23. Herbal medicines can cause hyperthyroidism

24. Very-long-term methimazole therapy is effective in patients with hyperthyroidism caused by Graves’ disease

Ophthalmopathy

25. Treatment with a long-acting form of octreotide is not beneficial in patients with Graves’ eye disease

Hypothyroidism

26. Subclinical hypothyroidism rarely becomes more severe with time in women with type 2 diabetes
27. Surgical removal of one thyroid lobe may result in hypothyroidism
28. The symptoms and results of treatment of craniopharyngioma are similar in children and adults
29. Combined thyroxine and triiodothyronine therapy is not more effective than thyroxine alone in patients with hypothyroidism (I)
30. Combined thyroxine and triiodothyronine therapy is not more effective than thyroxine alone in patients with hypothyroidism (II)
31. Combined thyroxine and triiodothyronine therapy is not more effective than thyroxine alone in patients with hypothyroidism (III)

Nodular Goiter

32. Laser thermocoagulation reduces the size of benign thyroid nodules
33. Radioactive iodine therapy in patients with hyperfunctioning thyroid nodules can result in hypothyroidism

Thyroid Cancer

34. Patients with thyroid cancer who have low serum thyroglobulin concentrations after surgery have a low risk of tumor recurrence
35. Combined surgical and radiation therapy may be of benefit in patients with anaplastic carcinoma of the thyroid

Thyroid Function in Pregnancy

36. Subclinical hypothyroidism is associated with premature delivery

Autoimmune Thyroid Disease

37. In healthy people, high serum antithyroid antibody concentrations are associated with high serum thyrotropin concentrations and thyroid enlargement
38. High serum antithyroid antibody concentrations are not associated with Helicobacter pylori infection
39. Thyroxine therapy does not improve the outcome of in vitro fertilization in women with autoimmune thyroiditis

Thyroid Function in Obesity

40. Serum thyrotropin is correlated with body mass in obese women with normal thyroid function