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| Toxic multinodular goitre Classification and external resources |
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| ICD-10 | E05.2 |
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| ICD-9 | 242.3 |
| DiseasesDB | 13184 |
| MedlinePlus | 000317 |
| eMedicine | med/920 |
Toxic multinodular goitre (also known as toxic nodular goitre, toxic nodular struma) is a form of hyperthyroidism - where there is excess production of thyroid hormones.
It is the second most common cause of hyperthyroidism after Graves disease.
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Symptoms
Symptoms of toxic multinodular goitre are similar to that of hyperthyroidism, including:
- heat intolerance
- hyperkinesis
- tremor
- irritability
- weight loss
- increased appetite
- goitre (swelling of the thyroid gland)
- tachycardia (high heart rate - above 180 bpm at rest)
Related eponym
Plummer's disease is named after an American physician Henry Stanley Plummer but refers to a single toxic nodule (adenoma) which may present with the background of a suppressed multinodular goitre.[1]
Footnotes
- ^ Plummer's disease eponymously named after Henry Stanley Plummer at Who Named It
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