autoimmune thyroiditis


thyroiditis

 [thi″roi-di´tis] inflammation of the thyroid gland" >thyroid gland, usually characterized by such symptoms as sore throat, fever, and painful enlargement of the gland.atrophic thyroiditis a type of autoimmune thyroiditis with atrophy of the follicles and without goiter.autoimmune thyroiditis any of various types of thyroiditis characterized by autoantibodies against the thyroid gland, resulting in hypothyroidism. The two major types are Hashimoto's disease" >Hashimoto's disease and atrophic thyroiditis; Riedel's thyroiditis is a less common type.Hashimoto's thyroiditis Hashimoto's disease." >Hashimoto's disease.Riedel's thyroiditis a chronic type of autoimmune thyroiditis with a proliferating, fibrosing, inflammatory process involving usually one but sometimes both lobes of the gland, which becomes hard and enlarged and adherent to the trachea and other adjacent structures. Called also Riedel's struma.subacute lymphocytic thyroiditis painless, self-limited hyperthyroidism without the nonthyroidal features of Graves' disease; there is lymphocytic infiltration of the thyroid gland.

Ha·shi·mo·to thy·roi·di·tis

(hah-shē-mō'tō), diffuse infiltration of the thyroid gland with lymphocytes, resulting in diffuse goiter, progressive destruction of the parenchyma and hypothyroidism. Synonym(s): autoimmune thyroiditis, chronic lymphadenoid thyroiditis, chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis, Hashimoto disease, Hashimoto struma, lymphocytic thyroiditis, struma lymphomatosa

autoimmune thyroiditis

A generic term for a spectrum of thyroid pathology that encompasses lymphocytic thyroiditis and Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, both of which predispose to future development of non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

autoimmune thyroiditis

Hashimoto's disease, see there.

Hashimoto,

Hakaru, Japanese surgeon, 1881-1934. Hashimoto disease - Synonym(s): Hashimoto thyroiditisHashimoto struma - Synonym(s): Hashimoto thyroiditisHashimoto thyroiditis - diffuse infiltration of the thyroid gland with lymphocytes. Synonym(s): autoimmune thyroiditis; Hashimoto disease; Hashimoto struma; lymphadenoid goiter; struma lymphomatosa