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Please see attached results on this case. Any thoughts on whether due to excess dietary iodine intake (she had been taking Dulce for many years) or factitious hyperthyroidism ? Elinor From: Mohammad Al-Jubouri [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: 08 December 2016 11:30 To: Hanna, Elinor; [log in to unmask] Subject: RE: faecal thyroid hormone Hi Elinor, I would suggest measuring serum thyroglobulin as it will be suppressed in factitious thyrotoxicosis and high in other causes of thyrotoxicosis. Regards Mohammad From: Clinical biochemistry discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Hanna, Elinor Sent: 08 December 2016 09:18 To: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Subject: faecal thyroid hormone Dear Mailbase An endocrinologist would like to obtain a faecal thyroid hormone measurement on a patient which may help to provide formal proof of factitious thyrotoxicosis. Does any lab offer this test ? 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