A retrospective, comparative review of 100 consecutive new outpatients presenting with hyperthyroidism in Cardiff, South Wales, and in Toronto, Canada, was performed. The aim was to quantify the causes of hyperthyroidism with particular emphasis on the prevalence of viral thyroiditis and "silent" thyroiditis. The proportional morbidity of Graves' disease (approximately 70%) was similar in the t...

Parathyroid (PTH) exploration surgery carries the risk of developing post-operative thyroiditis due to vigorous manual manipulation of the thyroid gland during surgery. Post-operative thyroiditis has a wide spectrum of clinical manifestations. However, it remains underreported. Here, we describe a case of post-operative transient thyroiditis in a 33-year-old male who developed 3 days after para...

Received 7/19/2002; accepted 8/7/2002. For correspondence or reprints contact: Yu-Wen Chen M.D., Department of Nuclear Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Koahsiung, 100 ShihChuan 1st Road, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan. Tel: (886)7-3121101 ext. 7153, Fax: (886) 7-3117521, E-mail: [email protected] Chronic autoimmune thyroiditis is the major cause of hypothyroidism for young children; howeve...

BACKGROUND Genetic background of Riedel's thyroiditis remains unknown. Herein, we describe our results of studies on genes expression levels in Riedel's thyroiditis. CASE REPORT AND GENETIC FINDINGS We report the case of 48-year old woman with Riedel's thyroiditis who has presented unusual course of disease with non-specific cervical discomfort, though as with no pain and/or no compression sy...

Objective: Hypothyroidism has many causes and manifestations in children. One of the is autoimmunity, which known as autoimmune thyroiditis or Hashimoto thyroiditis. Pseudotumor cerebri a rare manifestation Here we report 10-year-old girl with asymptomatic papillary edema who was treated levothyroxine acetazolamide. Case Presentation: A suffered from left eye trauma while playing volleyball wen...

Hashimoto's thyroiditis, a common autoimmune disease, is associated with autoantibodies to thyroglobulin (Tg) and thyroid peroxidase (TPO). TPO, unlike abundant and easily purified Tg, is rarely investigated as an autoantigen in animals. We asked whether antibodies (Abs) develop to both TPO and Tg in thyroiditis that is induced (C57BL/6 and DBA/1 mice) or arises spontaneously (NOD.H-2h4 mice). ...

A 46-year-old woman with clinical diagnosis of Riedel's thyroiditis was admitted to our Department, presenting with dyspnea, dysphagia, fatigue, and hoarseness. Previously, she had been diagnosed with Hashimoto's thyroiditis and hypothyroidism. The disease had a progressive course and had lasted for a year before the definitive diagnosis of Riedel's thyroiditis was confirmed and treated with me...

Riedel's disease (RD) is a rare form of chronic thyroiditis, predominantly characterised by fibrosis which may involve neighbouring tissues and organs. Hashimoto's disease (HD), on the other hand, is fairly common. Clinical differentiation between these diseases is often difficult, and the results of diagnostic imaging, laboratory tests and cytology studies are often similar. We report the case...

A strong association between malignant lymphoma and Hashimoto's thyroiditis has frequently been reported. However, it is difficult to detect the lymphomatous transformation of Hashimoto's thyroiditis in the early stage. The purpose of the present study was to examine the usefulness of 67Ga scintigraphy in the diagnosis and evaluation of the therapeutic effects during follow-up, in patients with...

Low triiodothyronine syndrome is a physiological adaptation encountered in anorexia nervosa (AN) and generally improves with sufficient weight gain. However, when a primary thyroid pathology accompanies AN, both the evaluation of thyroid hormone levels and the management of the co-morbid disease become more challenging. Hashimoto thyroiditis could complicate the management of AN by causing hype...