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Consecutive patients with the final diagnosis of Hashimoto's thyroiditis - case 29 (496)

Nodular goiter

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Clinical presentation: A 25-year-old woman requested an evaluation because her mother had hypothyroidism.

Palpation: The thyroid was moderately firm without any palpable nodules.

Laboratory tests: TSH 1.57 mIU/L, aTPO 317 U/mL.

Ultrasonography revealed a minimally-moderately hypoechogenic thyroid having several more hypoechogenic tiny areas.

Diagnosis: Hashimoto's thyroiditis.

Suggestion: TSH-determination in a year, in the event of pregnancy at once.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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