ABSTRACT
PURPOSE OF INVESTIGATION: To emphasize the importance of untreated thyrotoxicosis in pregnancy. When left untreated, severe maternal, fetal and even neonatal adverse outcomes such as preeclampsia, premature labor, low birthweight infants and increased perinatal mortality are prone to complicate the pregnancy. PRESENTATION: A case of thyrotoxicosis untreated during pregnancy is reported. CONCLUSION: Many authors have concluded that there is no need for routine assessment of the thyroid hormones and TSH levels in pregnancy. Nonetheless laboratory assessment for thyrotoxicosis should be done in cases with suspicious symptoms and signs. All thyrotoxic women should also be under treatment during pregnancy. Early diagnosis and/or control of hyperthyroidism would decrease the incidence of complications during pregnancy.
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Heart Failure/etiology , Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular/etiology , Thyrotoxicosis/complications , Adult , Female , Heart Failure/therapy , Humans , Pregnancy , Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular/therapy , Pregnancy Outcome , Thyroid Hormones/blood , Thyrotoxicosis/blood , Thyrotoxicosis/therapy , Thyrotropin/bloodSubject(s)
Neoplasms/radiotherapy , Particle Accelerators , Aged , Female , Humans , Male , Middle AgedABSTRACT
More than 150 women have been under a long-time control provided by the Radium therapy Dpt. and by the Cytological Center. In all above mentioned cases the primary diagnosis was the breast cancer and in the majority the patients obtained radical surgery. The results of Co 60 castration and of hormonal therapy were evaluated by means of the hormonal cytology. In each case the cytological smears were taken several times during the therapy and after end of the therapy. The cytologist was not influenced by knowledge of the therapy. The optimal therapy was determined by the cytological results. The first results of selected method, which represents the effectivity of a hormonal-cytologically chosen therapy, were promising.