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Tuesday, November 3, 2020

Autoimmune switch from hyperthyroidism to hypothyroidism in Graves disease

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We report a case of a 21-year-old young woman who was initially diagnosed with hyperthyroidism secondary to Graves' disease and spontaneously switched to hypothyroidism in a year. While most autoimmune hypothyroidism is due to Hashimoto's disease, in her case, we suspect that her hypothyroidism is due to a switch of antibody dominance from thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) receptor-stimulating antibody (TS Ab) to TSH receptor-blocking antibody (TB Ab). Switching from do minant TS Ab activity to dominant TB Ab activity is a rare phenomenon. Optimal management of this condition is not known. Loss of follow-up and medication non-adherence has made medical management in this young woman of reproductive age further challenging.

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