Review Article

Atypical Clinical Manifestations of Graves' Disease: An Analysis in Depth

Table 2

Types of Anemia Associated with Graves’ disease (GD).

MCV¥Iron status#Prevalence in GD patientsResponse to GD treatment

GD AnemiaLow or normalNormal or high22%Y
Pernicious AnemiaHighNormal1.4%N
Iron deficiency Anemia of Celiac DiseaseLowLow0.9%N
Autoimmune Hemolytic AnemiaNormal or highNormalOnly single case reportsY*

Y: Yes; N: No, ¥mean corpuscular volume, #serum iron, serum ferritin, ±bone marrow iron stores, *may respond to thionamide drug therapy alone.