Chronic Autoimmune Thyroiditis
1996; Massachusetts Medical Society; Volume: 335; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1056/nejm199607113350206
ISSN1533-4406
AutoresColin Dayan, Gilbert H. Daniels,
Tópico(s)Erythrocyte Function and Pathophysiology
ResumoIn 1912, Hashimoto described four women in whom the thyroid gland was enlarged and appeared to have been transformed into lymphoid tissue (“struma lymphomatosa”).1 Although the patients were not initially hypothyroid, they became so after thyroid surgery. Over 40 years later, the presence of antithyroid antibodies was reported in patients with this disorder.2 Hashimoto's disease, or Hashimoto's thyroiditis, is now recognized as a form of chronic autoimmune thyroiditis.There is no internationally accepted classification of autoimmune thyroid diseases.3 Some investigators consider autoimmune thyroiditis a histologic diagnosis that can be subdivided into lymphocytic thyroiditis, if only lymphocytic infiltration is present, and . . .
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