A 34-year-old woman, 4 months postpartum, presents to the GP with palpitations, tremor, heat intolerance, and weight loss. She is breastfeeding. TFTs ...

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A 34-year-old woman, 4 months postpartum, presents to the GP with palpitations, tremor, heat intolerance, and weight loss. She is breastfeeding. TFTs show: free T4 32 pmol/L (high), TSH

Accepted Answer

Postpartum thyroiditis - thyrotoxic phase

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Graves' disease

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Toxic multinodular goitre

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Thyroid storm

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Subacute (de Quervain's) thyroiditis

uk-drcog MCQ (SBA): Postpartum Thyroiditis - Thyrotoxic Phase

A 34-year-old woman, 4 months postpartum, presents to the GP with palpitations, tremor, heat intolerance, and weight loss. She is breastfeeding. TFTs show: free T4 32 pmol/L (high), TSH <0.01 mIU/L. What is the most likely diagnosis?