Graves disease in a 16 year-old female A case report

Graves’ disease is an autoimmune disease originating from production of thyroid stimulating immunoglobulin leading to overproduction of thyroid hormone. Most Graves’ disease case reported to date are associated with adults, which makes extrapolation of the result to children and adolescents particularly challenging. A 16-year-old female presented with a slowly-enlarging painless mass in her front neck over a three-year period, sensation of food get stuck in the upper throat, lack of concentration and attentiveness, and fatigue. Thyroid ultrasound, thyroid function tests, thyroid peroxidase antibody, and thyroglobulin antibody tests revealed Graves’ disease. She takes 5 mg of Thiamazole once daily and shows improvement after four weeks.