Study note

Meaning and clinical types of thyrotoxicosis

THE CONTEXT

Thyrotoxicosis is retained as a term because raised circulating thyroid hormones do not explain every manifestation of the disease.

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Hyperthyroidism describes symptoms due to raised circulating thyroid hormone levels, but it is not responsible for all disease manifestations.

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The listed clinical types are diffuse toxic goitre (Graves’ disease), toxic nodular goitre, toxic nodule and hyperthyroidism due to rarer causes.

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