Amsterdam Gastroenterology Endocrinology Metabolism, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Amsterdam Reproduction & Development Research Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Search for other papers by Anita Boelen in
Google Scholar
PubMed
Department of Pediatric Endocrinology, Emma Children’s Hospital, Amsterdam UMC, location University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Search for other papers by Nitash Zwaveling-Soonawala in
Google Scholar
PubMed
Amsterdam Gastroenterology Endocrinology Metabolism, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Amsterdam Reproduction & Development Research Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Endocrine Laboratory, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Amsterdam UMC, location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Search for other papers by Annemieke C Heijboer in
Google Scholar
PubMed
Department of Pediatric Endocrinology, Emma Children’s Hospital, Amsterdam UMC, location University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Search for other papers by A S Paul van Trotsenburg in
Google Scholar
PubMed
) program in the Netherlands. CH is characterized by low blood thyroid hormone (TH) concentrations. When caused by defective thyroid gland development or TH synthesis (primary or thyroidal CH), typically an increased secretion of thyrotropin
Search for other papers by Tumay Ozgur in
Google Scholar
PubMed
Search for other papers by Hasan Gokce in
Google Scholar
PubMed
Search for other papers by Ihsan Ustun in
Google Scholar
PubMed
Search for other papers by Mehmet Yaldiz in
Google Scholar
PubMed
Search for other papers by Mehmet Mustafa Akin in
Google Scholar
PubMed
Search for other papers by Cumali Gokce in
Google Scholar
PubMed
-needle aspiration cytology), and histopathology-confirmed Riedel thyroiditis. Introduction Riedel’s thyroiditis (RT) is a rare inflammatory disease that results in fibrosis of the thyroid gland and invasion to the surrounding structures of the neck [ 1 , 2
Department of Internal Medicine (I), Osaka Medical College, Takatsuki City
Search for other papers by Tetsuya Hiraiwa in
Google Scholar
PubMed
Search for other papers by Naoyuki Tsujimoto in
Google Scholar
PubMed
Search for other papers by Keiji Tanimoto in
Google Scholar
PubMed
Search for other papers by Jungo Terasaki in
Google Scholar
PubMed
Search for other papers by Nobuyuki Amino in
Google Scholar
PubMed
Search for other papers by Toshiaki Hanafusa in
Google Scholar
PubMed
Introduction In 1987, Ralls et al. [ 1 ] first used color Doppler ultrasonography (CDU) to show increased blood flow to the thyroid gland in patients with Graves' disease (GD). Since then, CDU has been used to investigate the pathogenesis of
Search for other papers by Laure Felix in
Google Scholar
PubMed
Search for other papers by Peggy Jacon in
Google Scholar
PubMed
Search for other papers by Maxime Lugosi in
Google Scholar
PubMed
Search for other papers by Justine Cristante in
Google Scholar
PubMed
Search for other papers by Julie Roux in
Google Scholar
PubMed
Search for other papers by Olivier Chabre in
Google Scholar
PubMed
occurs. In conclusion, we show that the evolution of unenhanced radiological thyroid gland density is closely related to the evolution of thyroid function throughout the whole time course of AIT. This suggests that measurement of thyroid gland
Search for other papers by Elli Anagnostou in
Google Scholar
PubMed
Search for other papers by Antonios Polymeris in
Google Scholar
PubMed
Search for other papers by Georgios Morphopoulos in
Google Scholar
PubMed
Search for other papers by Alexios Travlos in
Google Scholar
PubMed
Search for other papers by Vassiliki Sarantopoulou in
Google Scholar
PubMed
Search for other papers by Irini Papaspyrou in
Google Scholar
PubMed
attributable to a mass effect, such as pelvic pain. In thyrotoxic patients, serum thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) is low and free thyroxine (fT 4 ) and/or triiodothyronine (T 3 ) are elevated along with serum thyroglobulin (TG). The thyroid gland is typically
Search for other papers by Saeed Sohrabpour in
Google Scholar
PubMed
Search for other papers by Farrokh Heidari in
Google Scholar
PubMed
Search for other papers by Ebrahim Karimi in
Google Scholar
PubMed
Search for other papers by Reza Ansari in
Google Scholar
PubMed
Search for other papers by Ardavan Tajdini in
Google Scholar
PubMed
Search for other papers by Firouzeh Heidari in
Google Scholar
PubMed
anterior neck pain, data of which are presented in Table 1 . Patients’ physical examination revealed markedly painful, tender, and slightly enlarged thyroid gland. With suspicion to SAT, cervical ultrasonography was performed for each patient. The
Search for other papers by Sampath Satish Kumar in
Google Scholar
PubMed
Search for other papers by Sheila Fraser in
Google Scholar
PubMed
Search for other papers by Andrew Scarsbrook in
Google Scholar
PubMed
Search for other papers by Ken MacLennan in
Google Scholar
PubMed
Search for other papers by Mark Lansdown in
Google Scholar
PubMed
Search for other papers by Robert D. Murray in
Google Scholar
PubMed
What Is Known about This Topic • Riedel’s thyroiditis is a rare condition of unknown aetiology, characterised by chronic inflammatory invasive fibrosclerosis of the thyroid gland and surrounding structures. Riedel’s thyroiditis is also
Department of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran
Search for other papers by Mohammad-Reza Mahmoudian-sani in
Google Scholar
PubMed
Search for other papers by Ameneh Mehri-Ghahfarrokhi in
Google Scholar
PubMed
Search for other papers by Majid Asadi-Samani in
Google Scholar
PubMed
Search for other papers by Gholam-Reza Mobini in
Google Scholar
PubMed
made to introduce a suitable marker that can predict the diverse nature of thyroid glands and as a diagnostic and prognostic factor alongside other pathological-clinical methods. Approaches to detect thyroid cancer glands include blood tests, imaging
Search for other papers by Steen J. Bonnema in
Google Scholar
PubMed
Search for other papers by Elisabeth S. Stovgaard in
Google Scholar
PubMed
Search for other papers by Søren Fast in
Google Scholar
PubMed
Search for other papers by Kasper Broedbaek in
Google Scholar
PubMed
Search for other papers by Jon T. Andersen in
Google Scholar
PubMed
Search for other papers by Allan Weimann in
Google Scholar
PubMed
Search for other papers by Peter Grupe in
Google Scholar
PubMed
Search for other papers by Laszlo Hegedüs in
Google Scholar
PubMed
Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Bispebjerg Hospital
Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Search for other papers by Henrik E. Poulsen in
Google Scholar
PubMed
to increased intracellular oxidative stress, and eventually cell death [ 2 , 3 , 4 ]. Other organs than the thyroid gland are affected by 131 I therapy. Chromosomal alterations in peripheral lymphocytes are seen after 131 I therapy, with recovery
INSERM 1086 ANTICIPE, Caen University, Caen, France
Search for other papers by Renaud Ciappuccini in
Google Scholar
PubMed
Search for other papers by Virginie Saguet-Rysanek in
Google Scholar
PubMed
Search for other papers by Marine Dorbeau in
Google Scholar
PubMed
Search for other papers by Justine Lequesne in
Google Scholar
PubMed
Search for other papers by Camille Linard in
Google Scholar
PubMed
Search for other papers by Sophie Lefevre-Arbogast in
Google Scholar
PubMed
Search for other papers by Bénédicte Clarisse in
Google Scholar
PubMed
Search for other papers by Stéphane Bardet in
Google Scholar
PubMed
thyroid nodules with indeterminate cytology, enabling malignancy in 18 FCH-negative nodules to be reliably excluded ( 3 ). Some cases of increased and diffuse 18 FCH uptake in the thyroid gland have been described in the imaging workup of patients with