Mustafa UĞUR, Cumali GÖKÇE, İhsan ÜSTÜN, Seçkin AKKÜÇÜK, Füsun AYDOĞAN, Akın AYDOĞAN

Clinical Outcomes of Radioactive Iodine Therapy in a Patient with Myasthenia Gravis and Hyperthyroidism

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disease characterized with muscle weakness and fatigue. Hyperthyroidism can be present with Myasthenia Gravis with a rate of 2-17.5 %. It is known that hyperthyroidism affects the clinical course of myasthenia gravis. A 27 years old woman with myasthenia gravis and recently occurred hyperthyroidism is presented in this study. Radioactive iodine therapy was applied to the patient and after 3 months of medication the patient become euthyroid and clinical findings of myasthenia were regressed.

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