Hypothyroidism is frequently associated with different neuromuscular disorders. However, myotonia is rarely a revealing feature. We report a case of hypothyroidism secondary to Hashimoto's thyroiditis and myotonia. The patient is a 45-year-old woman who consulted for a progressive myotonia. Blood and thyroid assessments revealed peripheral hypothyroidism with low free thyroxine, high thyroid-st...

Subacute thyroiditis is not so common, but failure to diagnose may lead to unnecessary therapy and suffering cases of subacute thyroiditis arc described and diagnosis discussed.

H Hashimoto is the name behind the disease known to all of us as Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis.1 However, it is not well known that it was at the relatively y o u n g a g e o f 3 1 years, that Hashimoto described the hitherto unknown d i s ease in Arch iv Fur Kl in i she Chirurgie, the German j o u r n a l o f c l i n i c a l surgery. The description, t i t l e d “ N o t e s o f lymphomatous in the t...

The aim of report is to present a case of a rare diffuse sclerosing variant of a papillary thyroid carcinoma. A 15-year old girl referred for ultrasound examination because of painless thyroid swelling lasting 10 days before. An ultrasound of the neck showed diffusely changed thyroid parenchyma, without nodes, looking as lymphocytic thyroiditis Hashimoto at first, but with snow-storm appearance...

The aim of the study was to quantitatively evaluate B and T lymphocytes and macrophages, based on immunohistochemical investigations (CD43, CD20, CD8 and CD68) of chronic focal and Hashimoto thyroiditis. A new method of image analysis was applied, based on spatial visualization of the antigens reactivity. The obtained results indicated that the numbers of lymphocytes, in particular of cytotoxic...

Castleman disease (CD) is a rare atypical lymphoproliferative disease, pathologically classified as hyaline vascular, plasma cell type and mixed type variant. The underlying cause of CD is unknown, however several theories including autoimmunity have been proposed. We describe a patient diagnosed with unicentric mixed variant CD and Hashimoto thyroiditis, concurrently. She was staged with fluor...

Immunoglobulin G4-related disease (IgG4-RD) is a new disease category involving many organ systems, including the endocrine system in general and the thyroid in particular. Since an initial association was made between hypothyroidism and autoimmune (IgG4-related) pancreatitis, more forms of IgG4-related thyroid disease (IgG4-RTD) have been recognized. Four subcategories of IgG4-RTD have so far ...

Objective. To evaluate the incidence of accidental parathyroidectomy in our series of total thyroidectomies, to investigate its clinical and biochemical consequences, and to identify potential risk factors. Methods. Patients who underwent total thyroidectomy between January 2006 and December 2015 were retrospectively analyzed. Pathology reports were reviewed to identify those cases who had an i...

AIMS To study the distribution of tenascin by immunocytochemistry in autoimmune diseases of the thyroid. METHODS Thyroids from patients with inflammatory lesions of the thyroid (lymphocytic thyroiditis Hashimoto, Grave's disease, thyroiditis DeQuervain) were studied by immunocytochemistry using antibodies against tenascin, collagen III, and collagen IV. RESULTS In autoimmune lymphocytic thy...