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Wolfgang Gartner1, Michael Weissel

  • 1Vienna Medical University, Department of Internal Medicine III and Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Nuclear Medicine, Vienna, Austria.

Thyroid : Official Journal of the American Thyroid Association
|August 17, 2004
PubMed

Little is known about the reaction of normal thyroid glands to the iodine load given by x-ray dyes. We have therefore investigated the short-term effects of high doses of iodine on thyroid parameters in euthyroid patients. We measured free triiodothyronine (FT3), free thyroxine (FT4), and thyrotropin (TSH) serum concentrations before and daily for 1 week after parenteral application of x-ray dyes (coronary angiography: n = 16; computed tomography [CT] of either thorax or abdomen: n = 6; iodine dose range from 300-1221 mg of iodine per kilogram). Inclusion criteria were as follows: normal FT4, normal TSH, negative thyroid antibodies, urinary iodine excretion below 30 microg/dL, no palpable goiter and no euthyroid sick syndrome. All but one patient reacted with a TSH increase. Mean TSH values increased significantly 3-5 days after the iodine load within the normal range. Four patients (18%) had a TSH increase above normal, the maximal observed value being 6.4 microU/mL. Basal TSH values of these four patients were above 2 microU/mL. The day peak TSH concentrations were reached varied from day 1 to day 7, the majority (32%) having the peak on day 3. Peak TSH was significantly correlated with basal TSH values (r = 0.794, p < 0.0001). FT4 and FT3 remained unchanged and there was no significant correlation between the dose of iodine and the TSH reaction. In conclusion, iodine-containing contrast media can induce transiently subclinical hypothyroidism even in euthyroid patients. The TSH reaction seems to depend on the preexisting state of thyroid function.

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