In black Africa, and particularly in Togo, management of thyreotoxicosis is not simple. The intervention of several specialists and effective @entity1 collaboration is needed. In a majority of cases, the @entity1 's apprehensions, financial problems, and taboos prevent correct management. We report 30 cases of thyreotoxicosis in 82 @entity1 with @entity1374 seen over a 5-year period in the Internal Medicine and Cardiology Department of the Lom   teaching hospitals. @entity2743 was the most frequent (83.33%), followed by @entity1376 (10%) and toxic nodule (6.67%). Diagnosis was strictly clinical in 53.33% of the cases. The main complication was cardiothyreosis in 46.67% of the @entity1 . Drug treatment was used. Short-term results (4 - 6 weeks) was favorable in 96.67% of the cases. A percentage (65.41%) were lost to follow-up after discharge. The @entity73 encountered for the management of thyreotoxicosis was financial and economical difficulties not specific to the disease. Other problems included the lack of diagnostic and therapeutic means and insufficient cooperation between the surgeon, the cardiologist and the endocrinologist.

[Problems in the management of XXXX in Black Africa: the Tongolese experience].

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients', 'patient'] @entity2743 :: ('MESH:D006111', 'Disease') :: ["Graves' disease"] @entity73 :: ('MESH:D003072', 'Disease') :: ['main impairment'] @entity1376 :: ('MESH:C564546', 'Disease') :: ['multinodular goiter'] @entity1374 :: ('MESH:D013959', 'Disease') :: ['thyroid disease']
@entity2743 :: (MESH:D006111,Disease) :: ['thyrotoxicosis']
