60岁以上老年人甲状腺机能亢进简称老年甲亢,由于老年人甲状腺组织萎缩,甲状腺激素的合成和分泌减少,机体反应性差、起病隐匿,常无明显的甲状腺肿,突眼及高代谢征症群,尤其是基层医院缺乏实验室检查条件,临床上极易误诊。我院自1994年5月至2004年5月共收治老年甲亢61例,其中20 Hyperthyroidism in the elderly over the age of 60 referred to as hyperthyroidism, due to atrophy of thyroid tissue in the elderly, thyroid hormone synthesis and secretion decreased, poor body response, occult onset, often without obvious goiter, exophthalmos and metabolic syndrome In particular, the lack of laboratory conditions of primary hospital, clinically very easy to misdiagnosis. Our hospital from May 1994 to May 2004 were treated 61 cases of elderly hyperthyroidism, of which 20