HYPERTHYROXINEMIA WITH NORMAL THYROID-FUN CTION DUE TO ELEVATED THYROXINE-BINDING GLOBULIN LEVELS WITH FAMILIAL GOITER AND HYPOALBUMINEMIA

Authors
SIDIBE EH BEYE MD DEME M SOW AM
Citation
Eh. Sidibe et al., HYPERTHYROXINEMIA WITH NORMAL THYROID-FUN CTION DUE TO ELEVATED THYROXINE-BINDING GLOBULIN LEVELS WITH FAMILIAL GOITER AND HYPOALBUMINEMIA, La Semaine des hopitaux de Paris, 73(7-8), 1997, pp. 241-243
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
La Semaine des hopitaux de Paris → ACNP
ISSN journal
00371777
Volume
73
Issue
7-8
Year of publication
1997
Pages
241 - 243
Database
ISI
SICI code
0037-1777(1997)73:7-8<241:HWNTCD>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
A case of hyperthyroxinemia with normal thyroid function and elevated thyroxine binding globulin (TBG) levels is reported, The patient was a n elderly Senegalese woman with a familial form of diffuse goiter. Blo od tests showed hypoalbuminemia with hypergammaglobulinemia. In this p atient without evidence of cirrhosis of the liver, the possibility of familial TBG elevation is discussed, as well as other, less likely cau ses.