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case_images: Thyroid ultrasound showing 2 nodules in the right lobe of a 13-year-old girl with autonomous functioning thyroid nodules due to somatic activating TSHR mutation.
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case_images: T3 2.9 nmol/L; RI 1.3-2.7) and was negative for the presence of anti-TPO antibodies, anti-thyroglobulin antibodies, and TRAb. Thyroid ultrasound showed 2 nodules in the right lobe, with a diameter of 1.9 x 1.6 x 2.7 cm and 1.1 x 0.7 x 1.1 cm, respectively (Fig. 1), with a benign appearance.
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case_images: Graphical illustration of alterations in FT4, TSH, and TRAb concentrations over 30 months' time in a girl with Graves' disease with several immunological flareups during antithyroid drug treatment. Dotted lines illustrate the reference intervals for FT4, TSH, and TRAb. Assays did not change during the treatment period.. Abbreviations: FT4, free T4; TRAb, TSH-receptor antibodies.
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case_images: The course of FT4, TSH, and TRAb concentrations over time in this case is illustrated in Fig. 2.
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