Open AccessAtypical Presentation of Riedels Thyroiditis: Multifocal Nodular Fibrosis and Resolution with Levothyroxine
Author(s) -
Sampath Satish Kumar,
Sheila Fraser,
Andrew Scarsbrook,
Ken MacLennan,
Mark Lansdown,
Robert Murray
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
european thyroid journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.23
H-Index - 10
eISSN - 2235-0802
pISSN - 2235-0640
DOI - 10.1159/000345032
Subject(s) - medicine , levothyroxine , thyroiditis , thyroid , pathology , biopsy , malignancy , radiology , lung
Riedel's thyroiditis is characterised by chronic inflammatory invasive fibrosclerosis of the thyroid gland, surrounding structures, and extrathyroidal fibrosis. We present a case of Riedel's thyroiditis associated with nodular fibrosis of the lungs and liver.
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