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
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.