Consecutive patients with the final diagnosis of Hashimoto's thyroiditis - case 54 (767) |
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Clinical presentation: A 32-year-old woman was referred for evaluation. She was treated for hypothyroidism in her childhood. The therapy was ceased at the age of 20. Before childbearing she initiated a thyroid check.
Palpation. No abnormality.
Laboratory tests: TSH 0.83 mIU/L, aTPO 53 U/mL.
Ultrasonography. The thyroid was minimally hypoechogenic and presented more hypoechogenic areas. None of them fit to a nodule in pathological sense.
Suggestion. TSH determination in a year, in the event of pregnancy at once.