Factitious Hyperthyroidism
Alternate Names : Factitious Thyrotoxicosis, Thyrotoxicosis Factititia, Thyrotoxicosis Medicomentosa
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Symptoms & Signs
Symptoms of factitious hyperthyroidism are identical to the symptoms of hyperthyroidism caused by the thyroid gland, with the following exceptions:
- There is no goiter. The thyroid gland is usually small.
- The eyes do not protrude, as in ophthalmopathy of Graves' disease.
- Thickening of the skin over the does not occur, as it occasionally does with Graves' disease.
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