[Peripheral blood phagocyte count and ultrastructure of neutrophils in patients with hyperthyroidism and hypothyroidism].

The study was carried out in 80 women with hyperthyroidism (40 with Graves-Basedow disease and 40 with hyperactive nodular goitre) and in 30 women with primary hypothyroidism. In the group with hyperthyroidism the total leucocyte count and the absolute count of neutrophils in peripheral blood were lower than in controls. In the group hypothyroidism the absolute count of monocytes was higher than in controls. In both studied groups ultrastructural changes were noted in the cytoplasm of neutrophils.