Above shows two parts of the thyroid that could potentially be affected if diagnosed with thyroiditis.
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Endocrinology
Thyroiditis is the inflammation of the thyroid gland. The thyroid gland is located on the front of the neck below the laryngeal prominence, and makes hormones that control metabolism.
symptoms for thyroiditis, none of which are exclusively limited to this disease. Many of the signs imitate symptoms of other diseases, so thyroiditis can sometimes...
Subacute thyroiditis refers to a temporal classification of the different forms of thyroiditis based on onset of symptoms. The temporal classification...
hypothyroidism. Postpartum thyroiditis is a member of the group of thyroiditis conditions known as resolving thyroiditis. The initial phase of hyperthyroid...
commonly caused by the autoimmune disease Hashimoto's thyroiditis (chronic autoimmune thyroiditis). Hashimoto's may be associated with a goitre. It is...
thyroiditis, acute thyroiditis, silent thyroiditis, Riedel's thyroiditis and traumatic injury, including palpation thyroiditis. Hashimoto's thyroiditis is an autoimmune...
infectious thyroiditis (AIT) also known as suppurative thyroiditis, microbial inflammatory thyroiditis, pyrogenic thyroiditis and bacterial thyroiditis. The...
Subacute lymphocytic thyroiditis is a form of thyroiditis. Subacute lymphocytic thyroiditis may occur at any age and is more common in females. A variant...
Palpation thyroiditis refers to the development of thyroid inflammation due to mechanical damage to thyroid follicles. This can occur by vigorous repeated...
old population (2002). In some types, such as subacute thyroiditis or postpartum thyroiditis, symptoms may go away after a few months and laboratory...
the first description of the disease that was later named Hashimoto's thyroiditis. Hashimoto was born on 5 May 1881, in the village of Iga-cho, Ayama-gun...
contributing factor. In countries that use iodized salt, Hashimoto's thyroiditis is the most common cause. Goitre can also result from cyanide poisoning...
clinical relevance is still unknown. Graves' disease and Hashimoto's thyroiditis are commonly associated with the presence of anti-thyroid autoantibodies...
Inflammation of the thyroid is called thyroiditis. There are several different kinds of thyroiditis including Hashimoto's thyroiditis (Hypothyroidism immune-mediated)...
hemangioma (rare); vascular rings compressing the trachea; thyroiditis such as Riedel's thyroiditis; vocal cord palsy; tracheomalacia or tracheobronchomalacia...
Erdheim–Chester disease, or a familial multifocal fibrosclerosis where thyroiditis, obesity and ocular proptosis may have all occurred concurrently. Ptolemy...
unproven that reactivated HHV-6 infection is a cause of CFS. Hashimoto's thyroiditis is the most common thyroid disease and is characterized by abundant lymphocyte...
becoming hypothyroid due to lymphocytic thyroiditis. This is important to the breed because lymphocytic thyroiditis is the overwhelming cause of hypothyroidism...
were foreign organisms. Common autoimmune diseases include Hashimoto's thyroiditis, rheumatoid arthritis, diabetes mellitus type 1, and systemic lupus erythematosus...
appearing in Terrytoons theatrical cartoons Hashimoto's thyroiditis, the most common form of thyroiditis Hashimoto's encephalopathy, a rare neuroendocrine disorder...
autoimmune form of hyperthyroidism. Myxedema can also occur in Hashimoto thyroiditis and other long-standing forms of hypothyroidism. The word myxedema originates...
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