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New research suggests that levothyroxine therapy alone can achieve normal T3 levels in most patients who have undergone near-total or total thyroidectomy. Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape General Surgery Headlines)

Excess free iodide in the blood (ingested or injected) may cause thyrotoxicosis in patients at risk. Iodinated contrast solutions contain small amounts of free iodide and may be of significance for patients affected by Graves' disease, multinodular goiter or living in areas of iodine deficiency. Herein, we report a 57 elderly woman with a clinical history of multinodular goiter presented with a thyrotoxicosis induced by an iodinate contrast agent used during computed tomography scan.