Endocrinology Research and Practice
Case Report

Neutropenia Due to Very Long Time Propylthiouracil Usage in Toxic Multinodular Goiter

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Bozok University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Endocrinology and Metabolic Disease, Yozgat, Turkey

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Necmettin Erbakan University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Endocrinology and Metabolic Disease, Konya, Turkey

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Necmettin Erbakan University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Infection Disease, Konya, Turkey

Endocrinol Res Pract 2016; 20: 16-18
DOI: 10.4274/tjem.2821
Read: 2252 Downloads: 659 Published: 01 March 2016

ABSTRACT

Thyrotoxicosis affects hematopoiesis in several ways and thioamides may cause myelosuppression. We report a case of febrile neutropenia in a patient with hyperthyroidism who was using propylthiouracil for nearly 20 years for the treatment of toxic multinodular goitre. After surgery, the patient was euthyroid and neutropenia resolved. Postoperative pathology was evaluated as micropapillary thyroid carcinoma.

 

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