The combination of giant diffuse toxic goiter and Bekhterev’s disease: a clinical observation
AbstractA singularity of the presented clinical case is the presence of severe thyrotoxicosis in the patient with a long course of Graves disease together with a long history of ankylosing spondylitis. In addition, the patient has a large number of concomitant diseases. This clinical case of multiple combined pathologies is of interest to doctors of various specialties, since only with a multidisciplinary approach it is possible to provide effective and safe medical care to such a patient.
Keywords:thyrotoxicosis; diffuse toxic goiter; Bekhterev’s disease; ankylosing spondylitis; thyroidectomy
Funding. The study had no sponsor support.
Conflict of interest. The authors declare no conflict of interest.
For citation: Pashkova E. Yu., Skripnichenko D.M., Lebedinskiy I.N., Yevsikov A.I., Akhmatova E.V. The combination of giant diffuse toxic goiter and Bekhterev’s disease: a clinical observation. Endokrinologiya: novosti, mneniya, obuchenie [Endocrinology: News, Opinions, Training]. 2022; 11 (4): 101–6. DOI: https://doi.org/10.33029/2304-9529-2022-11-4-101-106 (in Russian)
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