
pmid: 23440102
Apesar de a maioria dos doentes tratados com amiodarona permanecer em eutiroidia, alguns desenvolvem hipertiroidismo (HPEIA) ou hipotiroidismo (HPOIA) induzidos pela amiodarona. Os autores apresentam uma análise retrospectiva dos processos de dez doentes com disfunção tiróidea induzida pela amiodarona. Verificou-se que seis doentes eram mulheres e que o tempo médio de toma da amiodarona foi de 17,7 meses. O HPOIA foi o mais frequente (seis doentes). Dos doentes com HPEIA, dois tinham HPEIA tipo 2, um tipo 1 e um tipo 3. Sintomas sugestivos de disfunção tiróidea ocorreram em cinco doentes, a maioria com HPOIA. No HPEIA, a clínica mais comum foi exacerbação da arritmia de base (três doentes). A interrupção da amiodarona e administração de levotiroxina foi a terapêutica escolhida em 83,3% dos casos de HPOIA, enquanto a tionamida associada a corticoide com suspensão da amiodarona foi opção em 75% dos casos de HPEIA. Registraram-se três óbitos, todos com HPEIA. O HPEIA constituiu uma complicação potencialmente fatal. A clínica pode ser vaga, pelo que a monitorização da função tiróidea é obrigatória.
Although most patients remain clinically euthyroid, some develop amiodarone-induced hyperthyroidism (HPEAI) or hypothyroidism (HPOAI). The authors present a retrospective analysis of ten patients with amiodarone-induced thyroid dysfunction. Six patients were female and mean amiodarone intake was 17.7 months. HPOIA was more common (six patients). From all the patients with HPEAI, two had type 2, one had type 1, and one had type 3 hyperthyroidism. Symptoms suggestive of thyroid dysfunction occurred in five patients, most of them with HPOAI. In HPEAI, the most frequent symptom was exacerbation of arrhythmia (three patients). Discontinuation of amiodarone and treatment with levothyroxine was chosen in 83.3% of the HPOAI cases, while thyonamide treatment with corticosteroids and without amiodarone was the option in 75% of the HPEAI cases. There were three deaths, all in patients with HPEAI. HPEAI is potentially fatal. The clinical picture may be vague, so the thyroid monitoring is mandatory.
Aged, 80 and over, Male, Methimazole, Doenças da Tiróide, Amiodarone, Middle Aged, Amiodarona, Hyperthyroidism, Drug Combinations, Thyroxine, Treatment Outcome, Antithyroid Agents, Hypothyroidism, Withholding Treatment, Humans, Female, Anti-Arrhythmia Agents, Glucocorticoids, Aged, Retrospective Studies
Aged, 80 and over, Male, Methimazole, Doenças da Tiróide, Amiodarone, Middle Aged, Amiodarona, Hyperthyroidism, Drug Combinations, Thyroxine, Treatment Outcome, Antithyroid Agents, Hypothyroidism, Withholding Treatment, Humans, Female, Anti-Arrhythmia Agents, Glucocorticoids, Aged, Retrospective Studies
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