Table 1 Epidemiology of hyperthyroidism in GTD across various settings
From: Hyperthyroidism in gestational trophoblastic disease – a literature review
Study details | GTD type | Total number of GTD cases reviewed in study | Number of patients with hyperthyroidism | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Authors | Year | Population and setting | Biochemical (% of total GTD cases) | Clinical (% of total GTD cases) | ||
Walkington, et al. [11] | 2011 | Patients commencing chemotherapy for GTN at Weston Park hospital, Sheffield, United Kingdom, between January 2005 and January 2010. | GTN | 196 | 14 (7.2) | 4 (2) |
Sun, et al. [12] | 2016 | Patients with CM and PM from the Trophoblastic disease centre, United States of America, between 1994 and 2013 | CM | 194 | 31 (16) | 4 (2.1) |
PM | 172 | 8 (4.7) | 4 (2.3) | |||
Norman, et al. [13] | 1981 | Black patients with GTD admitted to the gynaecological wards of King Edward VIII Hospital, South Africa, over a 12-month period | GTN | 27 | 15 (56) | 9 (33) |
Al Alaf, et al. [14] | 2010 | Patients with GTD admitted to Maternity Teaching Hospital, Erbil City, Iraq, from 1st October 2008 to 1st April 2009 | GTN | 3 | 10 (25) a | |
CM | 33 | |||||
PM | 4 | |||||
Bahasadri, et al. [15] | 2011 | Patients with CM or PM admitted to Akbarabadi Teaching Hospital, Tehran, Iran, between 21st June 1996 and 3rd July 2006 | CM | 230 | 10 (4.3) a | |
PM | 34 | 0 (0) a | ||||