thyroiditis

[‚thī‚rȯi′dīd·əs]

(medicine)

Inflammation of the thyroid gland.

The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased.

Thyroiditis

inflammation of the thyroid gland caused by nonspecific infection (for example, staphylococcosis), specific infection (tuberculosis), poisoning (by lead or carbon monoxide), or autoimmune diseases. Symptoms include pain upon swallowing or moving the head backward, throbbing pain in the ears and lower jaw, elevated body temperature, enlargement of the neck, and tenderness of the regional lymph nodes. The course of thyroiditis may be acute, subacute, or chronic. Treatment calls for the use of antiinflammatory agents, analgesics, antibiotics, corticosteroids, thyroidin, and vitamins. Suppurative thyroiditis is treated surgically.

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Autoimmune thyroiditis is the most common thyroid pathology in childhood and adolescence (7,8).

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For this reason, it should be kept in mind that patients with chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis should be evaluated carefully when they have a rapidly growing thyroid gland or cervical LAP.

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Furthermore, the initial presentation of thyrotoxicosis signs, as well as imaging and laboratory findings deviated the attention toward to interpret observations as thyroiditis [induced by trauma (FNAB)] with associated swelling of goiter, causing obstructive and bulbar symptoms.

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Hashimoto's thyroiditis affects about 5-6 percent of the U.S.

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(Davies, Ross, & Mulder, 2016) In patients with Hashimoto's Thyroiditis, there will be a high titer of circulating TPO and Tg.

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(2) Patients with Hashimoto thyroiditis have a higher incidence of developing lymphoma, with the two diagnoses coexisting in 40 to 80% of patients.

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Chronic Lymphocytic thyroiditis is considered to be the most common thyropathy among children and adolescents.

PATTERN OF THYROID DISORDERS AMONG PATIENTS IN HAZARA DIVISION, PAKISTAN

Keywords: Autoimmune disease, Encephalitis, Hashimoto thyroiditis.

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