Case Report
Nephrotic Syndrome as a Cause of Transient Clinical Hypothyroidism
Table 1
Description of evolution of thyroid function tests over time under different doses of LT, before and after nephrectomy.
| Date | 15.3.2019 | 8.4.2019 | 16.4.2019 | 29.4.2019 | 13.5.2019 | 26.6.2019 | ∗8.7.2019 | 11.9.2019 | 20.03.2020 |
| LT dose/day | — | — | 50 μg | 100 μg | 112 μg | 125 μg | 125 μg | 75 μg | — | TSH (μUI/mL) (RR: 0.3–3.18) | 2.77 | 17.40 | 11.60 | 7.94 | 2.66 | 1.71 | 2.47 | 0.15 | 0.91 | fT4 (μg/dL) (RR: 1.01–1.65) | | 0.33 | 0.74 | 0.71 | 0.77 | 0.65 | 0.93 | 1.29 | 1.39 | fT3 (pg/mL) (RR: 2.66–4.33) | | 0.81 | 0.84 | 0.39 | 0.53 | | 1.67 | 2.74 | | Total T4 (μg/dL) (RR: 5.56–9.91) | | 1.8 | 1.8 | | | | | 5.4 | | Total T3 (ng/mL) (RR: 0.83–1.49) | | 0.4 | 0.3 | | | | | 0.8 | |
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Bilateral nephrectomy (2.7.2019). |