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Clinical features

Last reviewed dd mmm yyyy. Last edited dd mmm yyyy

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Graves' disease is characterised by:

  • hyperthyroidism

  • diffuse goitre:
    • usually only moderately enlarged
    • thrill or bruit may be detected on account of increased vascularity

  • extrathyroid features:
    • Graves' ophthalmology - 40% of cases
    • pretibial myxoedema - 5% of cases
    • thyroid acropachy - rare
    • onycholysis - rare

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