Difference between revisions of "Graves' disease"

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{{ Infobox diagnosis
| Name      = {{PAGENAME}}
| Image      = Graves disease -- low mag.jpg
| Width      =
| Caption    = Graves' disease. [[H&E stain]]. (WC)
| Synonyms  =
| Micro      = hypercellular appearance with patchy lymphocytes, little colloid that is scalloped,
+/-nuclear clearing, +/-papillae
| Subtypes  =
| LMDDx      = [[papillary thyroid carcinoma]]
| Stains    =
| IHC        =
| EM        =
| Molecular  =
| IF        =
| Gross      = "beefy-red" appearance, enlarged
| Grossing  =
| Staging    =
| Site      = [[thyroid gland]]
| Assdx      = [[papillary thyroid carcinoma]]
| Syndromes  =
| Clinicalhx =
| Signs      = exophthalmos
| Symptoms  =
| Prevalence = uncommon
| Bloodwork  = TSH-receptor antibody - required
| Rads      =
| Endoscopy  =
| Prognosis  =
| Other      =
| ClinDDx    =
| Tx        =
}}
'''Graves' disease''', also '''Graves disease''', is an autoimmune disease that leads to hyperthyroidism.
'''Graves' disease''', also '''Graves disease''', is an autoimmune disease that leads to hyperthyroidism.


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Clinical:
Clinical:
*TSH-receptor antibody +ve.<ref name=pmid19576193>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Massart | first1 = C. | last2 = Gibassier | first2 = J. | last3 = d'Herbomez | first3 = M. | title = Clinical value of M22-based assays for TSH-receptor antibody (TRAb) in the follow-up of antithyroid drug treated Graves' disease: comparison with the second generation human TRAb assay. | journal = Clin Chim Acta | volume = 407 | issue = 1-2 | pages = 62-6 | month = Sep | year = 2009 | doi = 10.1016/j.cca.2009.06.033 | PMID = 19576193 }}</ref>
*TSH-receptor antibody +ve.<ref name=pmid19576193>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Massart | first1 = C. | last2 = Gibassier | first2 = J. | last3 = d'Herbomez | first3 = M. | title = Clinical value of M22-based assays for TSH-receptor antibody (TRAb) in the follow-up of antithyroid drug treated Graves' disease: comparison with the second generation human TRAb assay. | journal = Clin Chim Acta | volume = 407 | issue = 1-2 | pages = 62-6 | month = Sep | year = 2009 | doi = 10.1016/j.cca.2009.06.033 | PMID = 19576193 }}</ref>
*+/-Exophthalmos (bulging eyes).


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