老年人甲状腺功能亢进较中青年少见,约占甲状腺功能亢进总数的1/10左右,多表现为淡漠型,常因缺乏典型的临床表现且合并多种慢性疾病,使诊断难度增加,常常误诊或漏诊,笔者现将临床中遇到的病例分析报道如下。1临床资料1.1一般资料本组5例,女性3例,男性2例,年龄61~75岁,食欲减退 Hyperthyroidism in the elderly than the young and middle-aged, accounting for about 1/10 of the total number of hyperthyroidism, mostly manifested as indifferent type, often due to the lack of typical clinical manifestations and the merger of a variety of chronic diseases, making the diagnosis more difficult, often misdiagnosed or Misdiagnosis, the author now clinical case analysis reported below. 1 Clinical data 1.1 General Information The group of 5 patients, 3 females, 2 males, aged 61 to 75 years old, loss of appetite