Consecutive patients with Hashimoto's thyroiditis - Case 58.doi: 10.24390/thyrocase1576.00 |
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Clinical presentation. A 60-year-old woman was referred for follow-up of hypothyroidism. She has been treated for hypothyroidism for more than 10 years.
Palpation: both lobes were firm. There was a more firm nodule in the lateral part of the left lobe.
Laboratory tests: TSH 1.59 mIU/L on daily 112.5 microgram levothyroxine.
Ultrasound. The thyroid was atrophic and presented the so-called honey-combing pattern. There were no nodules in pathological sense.
Suggestion. To continue with daily 112.5 microgram levothyroxine.





