hrp0084p3-1219 | Thyroid | ESPE2015

Unilateral Graves’ Disease in an Adolescent: Case Report

Eklioglu Beray Selver , Atabek Mehmet Emre , Akyurek Nesibe , Tastekin Gungor

Background: GravesÂ’ disease is a rare autoimmune thyroid disease that characterized by hyperthyroidism, diffuse goitre and ophthalmopathy. It generally involved both lobes of the thyroid, unilateral involvement was rare.Case report: A 18 year old girl presented with weakness, alopecia, menstruel irregularity. In physical examination moist skin, increased pulse rate (116/min) and enlargement of the right lobe of the thyroid was determined. Her blood ...