Case Report
Factitiously Elevated Total Triiodothyronine in a Euthyroid Patient with Multiple Myeloma
Table 1
Summary of laboratory results.
| TFTs | Roche Cobas kit, 08/28/19 | Siemens Atellica kit, 10/25/20 | Siemens Atellica kit, 10/26/20 | Roche Cobas kit 11/17/20 |
| TSH | 0.750 (0.27–4.2 uIU/mL) | 6.27 (0.55–4.78 uIU/mL) | 4.84 (0.55–4.78 uIU/mL) | 1.82 (0.27–4.2 IU/mL) | FT4 | | 1.22 (0.89–1.76 ng/dL) | 1.28 (0.89–1.76 ng/dL) | | TT4 | 7.6 (4.5–12.0 μg/dL) | 4.5 (3.2–12.6 μg/dL) | 4.7 (3.2–12.6 μg/dL) | | TT3 | 82 (80–200 ng/dL) | >600 (60–181 ng/dL) | >600 (60–181 ng/dL) | 47.4 (80–200 ng/dL) | HAMA | | | <56 (<74 ng/mL) | | TPO ab | | | <1 (<9 IU/mL) | | TG ab | | | <1 (<1 IU/mL) | | TSI | | | <89 (<140%) | | T3 antibody | | | Negative (Quest/Nichols proprietary test) | | Free T3 | | | 1.7 (2.3–4.2 pg/mL) (Siemens Advia kit) | | Reverse T3 | | | 21 (8–25 ng/dL) (Thermo Aria kit) | |
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