Authors: Mary A. Williamson Mt(ascp) Phd,L. Michael Snyder Md
Iodide deficiency goiter or iodide-induced goiter or lithium treatment
External neck irradiation
Postsubtotal thyroidectomy
Neonatal period; increased in first 2–3 days of life due to postnatal TSH surge
Thyrotoxicosis due to pituitary thyrotroph adenoma or pituitary resistance to thyroid hormone
Euthyroid sick syndrome, recovery phase
TSH antibodies
Decreased In
Toxic multinodular goiter
Autonomously functioning thyroid adenoma
Ophthalmopathy of euthyroid Graves disease; treated Graves disease
Thyroiditis
Extrathyroidal thyroid hormone source
Factitious
Overreplacement of thyroid hormone in treatment of hypothyroidism