Methimazole-Induced Pleural Effusion in the Setting of Graves’ Disease

Table 2

Summary of all the case reports of thioamide-induced pleural effusion.

Cases	Characteristics of pleural effusion	Thionamide	Treatment
Pedro Gaspar-da-Costa [3]	Eosinophils	Methimazole	Discontinued Methimazole
Gautam Das [5]	Exudative	Carbimazole	Switched to propylthiouracil (PTU)
Carol D Cardona Attard [6]	Exudative	Carbimazole	Switched to PTU and later total thyroidectomy
Ihteshamul Haq I [7]	Exudative	Carbimazole	Discontinued carbimazole and started prednisone
P. Sen [2]	Neutrophil predominant	Methimazole	Discontinued methimazole
Emmy YF Lau [4]	Pulmonary hemorrhage	Methimazole	Discontinued Methimazole and started prednisone