REDUCED SERUM T-3 LEVEL IN A PATIENT WITH NODULAR GOITER AND CARDIAC MYXOMA

Authors
SUMINO H KANDA T KOBAYASHI I SAKAMOTO H SATO K SAKAMAKI T FUKUDA T ICHIKAWA S NAGAI R
Citation
H. Sumino et al., REDUCED SERUM T-3 LEVEL IN A PATIENT WITH NODULAR GOITER AND CARDIAC MYXOMA, Journal of medicine, 28(5-6), 1997, pp. 319-324
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, Research & Experimental","Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
Journal of medicine → ACNP
ISSN journal
00257850
Volume
28
Issue
5-6
Year of publication
1997
Pages
319 - 324
Database
ISI
SICI code
0025-7850(1997)28:5-6<319:RSTLIA>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
We report the unusual case of an 87-year-old woman with cardiac myxoma and adenomatous goiter. She exhibited slight elevations of serum inte rleukin-6 (IL-fi), but levels of thyroid hormones such as T-3, free T- 3 and free T-4 were all abnormally low. Interleukin-6 may potentiate t he alteration of thyroid metabolism.