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ArticleThe Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism2025

Approach to the Patient: Challenging Cases of Pediatric Thyrotoxicosis.

Christiaan F Mooij, Nitash Zwaveling-Soonawala, Jacquelien J Hillebrand, A S Paul van Trotsenburg

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Article in The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Christiaan F MooijDepartment of Pediatric Endocrinology, Emma Children's Hospital, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, University of Amsterdam, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0001-7977-6271
Nitash Zwaveling-SoonawalaDepartment of Pediatric Endocrinology, Emma Children's Hospital, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, University of Amsterdam, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0003-0318-5541
Jacquelien J HillebrandEndocrine Laboratory, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, University of Amsterdam, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-1161-0301
A S Paul van TrotsenburgDepartment of Pediatric Endocrinology, Emma Children's Hospital, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, University of Amsterdam, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-9677-7441

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Abstract

Graves' disease (GD) is the leading cause of hyperthyroidism in children. However, compared to adults, GD in children is a rare condition. In a recent guideline issued by the European Thyroid Association, the diagnostic evaluation and treatment of pediatric GD is described extensively. In this article, we go beyond the guideline and describe the potential challenges of establishing the right etiology of thyrotoxicosis in children, illustrated by cases of thyroid hormone resistance, autonomous functioning thyroid nodules, and subacute thyroiditis with a thyrotoxic phase. In addition, we report therapeutic challenges in pediatric GD such as recurrent immunological flare-ups under antithyroid drug (ATD) treatment, innovative ways to improve ATD compliance and the role of definitive treatment in persistent complaints of malaise under ATD treatment.

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Graves DiseaseThyrotoxicosisAdolescentAntithyroid AgentsChildFemaleHumansMaleAntithyroid Agentsantithyroid drugschildhoodGraves’ diseasehyperthyroidismpediatricthyrotoxicosis

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PMID39189533
PMCPMC11834709

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