Hashimoto's thyroiditis, an autoimmune disorder in which antibodies are directed against the thyroid gland, leading to chronic inflammation, is the most common cause of hypothyroidism in the United States.
The aim of this study was to measure the elasticity of thyroid tissue in children and adolescents using SWE and to investigate the role of SWE in the diagnosis of autoimmune thyroiditis in childhood.
Maruyama et al., showed that the prevalence of thyroid carcinoma in MG may be higher than in general population and frequently coexists with chronic thyroiditis (1).
Incidence of PTC was found to be high in patients with chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis. However, relationship between both these lesions could not be explained convincingly even in long term studies.
Over the past several months I have seen a number of patients who have been diagnosed as having the autoimmune illness known as Hashimoto's thyroiditis.
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