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Chapter 82 – Autonomously Functioning Thyroid Nodules and Other Causes of Thyrotoxicosis

Georg Hennemann

Autonomously Functioning Thyroid Nodules

		Epidemiology and Natural History
		Pathogenesis
		Pathology
		Clinical Features
		Laboratory Diagnosis
		Treatment

		TSH-like Activity of Human Chorionic Gonadotropin
		Gestational Transient Thyrotoxicosis
		Familial Gestational Hyperthyroidism
		Molar Pregnancy and Trophoblastic Disease

		Selective Partial Tissue Resistance of the Pituitary to Thyroid Hormone
		Hyperthyroidism Caused by a TSH-Secreting Pituitary Adenoma

The term thyrotoxicosisliterally means “poisoning by thyroid hormone.” The term includes any situation in a patient who …