Graves’ disease following interferon therapy for chronic hepatitis C infection

Omayma El Shafie; Samir Hussein; Waheed El Awady; Nicholas Woodhouse

Graves’ disease following interferon therapy for chronic hepatitis C infection

Omayma El Shafie^*, Samir Hussein, Waheed El Awady, Nicholas Woodhouse

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

We describe the first case of Graves’ disease occurring at Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Oman, in a patient who was under treatment with interferon alfa for HCV infection. INF-α is now being widely used to treat patients with a variety of disorders including infection with hepatitis C virus. Clinical thyroid disease, hypo and hyperthyroidism can occur in up to 15% of patients. We emphasize the need for thyroid function screening before and during therapy to identify patients early in the course of their disease..

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	75-77
Number of pages	3
Journal	Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal
Volume	8
Issue number	1
Publication status	Published - Mar 2008

Keywords

Antibodies, Thyroid
Case report, Oman
Interferon
Thyroid function test
Thyrotoxicosis

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General Medicine

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Graves’ disease following interferon therapy for chronic hepatitis C infection

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