Outras disfunções tiroideias do pós-parto

• Autor(es): Carrilho, F
• Data: 2003
• Identificador Persistente: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.4/238
• Origem: Repositório do Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra
• Assunto(s): Doenças da Tiróide; Alterações no Puerpério
• Tipo de Documento: Artigo
• Idioma: Português

Descrição

The author refers Graves' disease as the second most common cause of post-partum thyroid dysfunction. It is more common a long term persistence of hyperthyroidism but a transitory hyperthyroidism can be also possible. The disease hypothalamus/hypophysis can also be responsible for the post-partum thyroid dysfunction, even though it is extremely rare. The auto-immunity of hypophysis plus Sheehan syndrome are two main reasons for hypothyroidism, associated with other hypophysis hormones production deficit.