Effects of thermal ablation on thyroid function in patients with thyrotoxicosis  

作　　者：Bowen Zheng Nana Wang Tao Wu Tinghui Yin Lei Tan Wen Xu Jie Ren 

机构地区：[1]Department of Medical Ultrasonics,The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University,Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Hepatology Research,Multiple Disciplinary Team Center of Thyroid Diseases,Guangzhou,Guangdong 510630,China [2]Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism,The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University,Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Hepatology Research,Multiple Disciplinary Team Center of Thyroid Diseases,Guangzhou,Guangdong 510630,China

出　　处：《Chinese Medical Journal》2023年第18期2257-2259,共3页中华医学杂志（英文版）

摘　　要：To the Editor:Thermal ablation(TA)techniques have been widely used for the management of benign thyroid nodules(BTNs)and have been suggested as an alternative to surgery in some authoritative guidelines.[1]In theory,TA causes follicle destruction in the BTNs and a large release of the thyroid hormone stored in the follicles into the bloodstream;then,a dramatic change in thyroid function may occur.However,for euthyroid patients,researchers believe that TA treatment can preserve thyroid function and that these patients rarely develop thyroid dysfunction in the long term.[2]Nevertheless,for patients with preexisting thyrotoxicosis,whether the release of thyroid hormone causes thyroid storm(TS)and how their thyroid function changes after TA are unknown.Therefore,we retrospectively summarized these cases of patients with subclinical or overt thyrotoxicosis before TA in our institute,aiming to provide more information about the effects of TA on these patients with pre-existing thyrotoxicosis.

关 键 词：PATIENTS FUNCTION RELEASE 

分 类 号：R581[医药卫生—内分泌]