Therapeutic Management and Long-Term Outcome of Hyperthyroidism in Patients with Antithyroid-Induced Agranulocytosis: A Retrospective, Multicenter Study.
Carlos García GómezElena NavarroVictoria AlcázarAntonio López-GuzmánFrancisco Jesús Arrieta-BlancoEmma AndaBetina BiagettiFernando Guerrero-PérezCarles VillabonaAndrés Ruiz de Assín ValverdeCristina Lamas OliveiraBeatriz LecumberriJosé Antonio Rosado SierraJulia SastreJuan José DíezPedro IglesiasPublished in: Journal of clinical medicine (2023)
AIA is a potentially lethal complication that usually appears around 6 weeks after the initiation of antithyroid therapy. Multiple drugs are required to control hyperthyroidism before definitive treatment; additionally, in a significant percentage of patients (mainly in those treated with amiodarone), hyperthyroidism resolved spontaneously.