Recurrent hamburger thyrotoxicosis.
Year: 2003
Type: article
Study design: Case Report
Abstract: Recurrent episodes of spontaneously resolving hyperthyroidism may be caused by release of preformed hormone from the thyroid gland after it has been damaged by inflammation (recurrent silent thyroiditis) or by exogenous administration of thyroid hormone, which might be intentional or surreptitious (thyrotoxicosis factitia). Community-wide outbreaks of "hamburger thyrotoxicosis" resulting from inadvertent consumption of beef contaminated with bovine thyroid gland have been previously reported. Here we describe a single patient who experienced recurrent episodes of this phenomenon over an 11-year period and present an approach to systematically evaluating patients with recurrent hyperthyroidism.
Source: Europe PMC (PubMed Central)
Authors: Malvinder S Parmar, Cecil Sturge
Language: English
Subfield: Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1860061751