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从哈西莫托甲状腺炎过渡到格雷夫斯病:一个不可预测的变化?
Alberto Vassallo1, Francesca Ferrari1, Luigi di Filippo1
1Institute of Endocrine and Metabolic Sciences, Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele and IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy.
Endocrine
|December 20, 2023
概括
哈西莫托甲状腺炎很少会转变为格雷夫斯病. 吸烟者和那些有自身免疫性疾病史的人更容易发生这种转变,因此需要密切监测莱沃西的剂量.
科学领域:
- 内分泌学 在内分泌学.
- 免疫学 免疫学 免疫学
- 甲状腺学 甲状腺学
背景情况:
- 哈西莫托甲状腺炎 (自身免疫性甲状腺功能低下症) 和格雷夫斯病 (自身免疫性甲状腺功能障碍症) 是甲状腺功能障碍的主要原因.
- 虽然自身免疫性低甲状腺症通常是不可逆转的,但罕见的过渡到甲状腺功能障碍症的情况存在.
研究的目的:
- 为了确定从哈西莫托甲状腺炎过渡到格雷夫斯病的临床预测因素.
- 为了描述经历这种低甲状腺转移到高甲状腺转移的患者的临床表型.
主要方法:
- 对比了12名从甲状腺功能低下症过渡到甲状腺功能过高症的患者 ("切换者") 与294名甲状腺功能低下症和69名甲状腺功能过高症对照.
- 分析了人口统计数据,激素水平和自身抗体标位.
主要成果:
- "切换者"有更高的吸烟率和非甲状腺自身免疫性疾病史.
- 在转换者中,在甲状腺功能低下期间发现了较低的TSH水平,以及降低了对levothyroxine的需求.
- 在甲状腺功能障碍期间,切换者比格雷夫病患者的TSH水平较低,自由T4/T3水平较高,尽管TRAb水平相似.
结论:
- 从哈西莫托甲状腺炎转化为格雷夫斯病是不常见的,但有可能发生.
- 建议对甲状腺功能低下患者进行积极监测,包括TSHR抗体检测.
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