Many have heard of hamburger thyrotoxicosis. Well, the Spanish have their own version...
BMJ Case Rep. 2012 Aug 18;2012. pii: bcr2012006260. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2012-006260.
Intermittent and recurrent episodes of subclinical hypothyroidism, central hypothyroidism and T3-toxicosis in an elderly woman.
MegÃas MC, Iglesias P, Villanueva MG, DÃez JJ.
Department of Endocrinology, University Hospital Ramon y Cajal, Madrid, Spain.
Abstract
Exogenous
thyrotoxicosis is usually caused by ingestion of excessive amounts of
thyroid hormone, which could be intentional or surreptitious (known as
factitious thyrotoxicosis). Non-pharmacological exogenous thyrotoxicosis
is an exceptional event. One example is alimentary thyrotoxicosis,
which is caused by the ingestion of meat or sausage containing thyroid
tissue, inadvertently mixed with traces of muscles and other tissues of
the animal's neck (hamburger thyrotoxicosis). We report for the first
time a patient who had recurrent episodes of triiodothyronine (T3)
toxicosis for several years due to inadvertent chronic consumption of
contaminated traditional Spanish cold meat with porcine thyroid.
https://europepmc.org/article/MED/22907850
Image is of Iberico Bellota Salchichon - though I have no idea which type of Spanish sausage was involved.
Link to HealthUnlocked post:
https://healthunlocked.com/thyroiduk/posts/437381/beware-the-salchichon
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