Abstract
Serum levels of thyroglobulin (Tg) were measured using immunoradiometric assay in 18 patients with primary hypothyroidism, whose serum levels of thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) were higher than 40 mU/l and anti-Tg antibodies were negative. In 12 patients, serum Tg levels were extremely elevated above the upper limit of normal (30 ng/ml) and the levels were more than 800 ng/ml in 10 of them. In all of these 12 patients, thyroid function recovered spontaneously with only iodide restriction and the serum Tg levels declined concomitantly with the decrease in serum TSH concentrations, events suggesting the TSH dependency of this Tg elevation. In the other 6 patients without elevated Tg levels, thyroid function did not recover and replacement therapy with L-thyroxine had to be given. Data from our study show that the TSH dependent Tg secretion is observed in reversible type primary hypothyroidism and that it may proceed vigorously even though thyroid hormone production is subnormal. Measurement of serum Tg may be valuable for predicting the prognosis of primary hypothyroidism.
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