Key result
Treating Graves' disease resolves concurrent pericarditis and thymic hyperplasia in a young male.
Why the study?
Graves' thyrotoxicosis with thymic hyperplasia and pericarditis has never been described in the literature.
Case Report (n=1)
May warrant considering Graves' disease in unexplained pericarditis with thymic hyperplasia; hypothesis-generating single case leaves broader applicability open.
Graves' thyrotoxicosis with thymic hyperplasia and pericarditis has never been described in the literature. In this case report, we present the clinical, laboratory, and radiographic findings of a 24-year-old active duty male who was admitted for management of nonexertional, positional, pleuritic chest pain. Electrocardiography confirmed pericarditis as the presenting diagnosis. Laboratory findings revealed an undetectable serum thyrotropin level and further evaluation with a contrast chest computed tomography confirmed the presence of a goiter and an anterior mediastinal mass. The patient's pericarditis and thymic hyperplasia resolved with treatment of his Graves' disease.
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Airel et al. (2013) conducted a case report in Graves' thyrotoxicosis with thymic hyperplasia and pericarditis (n=1). Treatment of Graves' disease was evaluated on Resolution of pericarditis and thymic hyperplasia. Treatment of Graves' disease resulted in the complete resolution of pericarditis and thymic hyperplasia in a 24-year-old male patient.
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