PECULIAR PRESENTATIONS OF ADULT HYPOTHYROIDISM

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  • M A TAHER Director,Center for Nuclear and Ultasound,Post Box # 16 Rangpur 5400,Bangladesh

Abstract

Recently we found six cases of adult-onset hypothyroidism,1,2 one of them is subclinical (normal T4, high TSH), two are familial and one had carpal tunnel syndrome (tingling in the fingers from compression of median nerve in the carpal tunnel).

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Published

2023-04-16

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TAHER MA. PECULIAR PRESENTATIONS OF ADULT HYPOTHYROIDISM. ASEAN J Radiol [Internet]. 2023 Apr. 16 [cited 2024 Apr. 29];9(2):165-6. Available from: https://www.asean-journal-radiology.org/index.php/ajr/article/view/652

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Vol. 9 No. 2 (2003): May-August

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