Table 1 Relevant laboratory values. Glucocorticoids were administered from January to March and from April to June, 2014
From: Exophthalmos in a young woman with no Graves’ disease – a case report of IgG4-related orbitopathy
Laboratory parameters (with normal ranges) | May 2008 | October 2013 | January 2014 | May 2014 | July 2014 | July 2015 | June 2016 | April 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
TSH (0.3–4.2 mU/L) | 1.25 | 3.36 | 1.72 | 2.02 | 2.1 | 2.17 | 2.62 | 2.23 |
free T4 (12–22 pmol/L) | 13.7 | 14.6 | 14.8 | 13.4 | 15 | 15.2 | 13.4 | 14.2 |
free T3 (2.4–6.3 pmol/L) | 4.4 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.1 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 4.6 |
TSH receptor antibody (<1 U/L, 1–2: grey zone) | – | 1.0 | <1 | <1 | – | <1 | <1 | <1 |
thyroid peroxidase antibody (<60 IU/ml) | <30 | <30 | <30 | <30 | – | <30 | – | – |
IgG4 (0.08–1.4 g/L) | – | – | 9.4 | 3.03 | 1.29 | 10.5 | 14.9 | 12.6. |
IgG (6.9–14 g/L) | 12.31 | – | 9.9 | 4.87 | 5.5 | 10.9 | 12.9 | 12.8 |
IgM (0.4–2.4 g/L) | 0.25 | – | 0.3 | 0.74 | 0.58 | 0.4 | 0.43 | 0.46 |
IgA (0.7–3.7 g/L) | 0.61 | – | 0.5 | 0.63 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.65 | 0.5 |