Autoimmune Thyroid Diseases in Children

Table 5

Differential diagnosis of thyrotoxicosis in children.

Thyrotoxicosis associated with sustained hormone overproduction; (hyperthyroidism). High RAIU
Graves’ disease
Toxic multinodular goiter
Toxic adenoma
Increased TSH secretion (TSH secreting adenomas)
Thyrotoxicosis without associated hyperthyroidism. Low RAIU
Thyrotoxicosis factitia
Subacute thyroiditis
Chronic autoimmune thyroiditis
Ectopic thyroid tissue (struma ovarii, functioning metastasis
of differentiated thyroid cancer)