Variable Clinical Presentations of Riedel's Thyroiditis: Report of Two Cases

Riedel's thyroiditis is a rare inflammatory disease of the thyroid gland and has been reported in 0.05% of thyroid surgeries. Herein we report two cases of Riedel's thyroiditis with variable clinical presentations. One of these cases was a 51-year-old man who was presented with hypothyroi...

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Main Authors: Hamidreza Zakeri, Zahra Kashi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2011-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Medicine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/709264
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description Riedel's thyroiditis is a rare inflammatory disease of the thyroid gland and has been reported in 0.05% of thyroid surgeries. Herein we report two cases of Riedel's thyroiditis with variable clinical presentations. One of these cases was a 51-year-old man who was presented with hypothyroidism and the other a 17-year-old young male with thyrotoxicosis. In these cases, age may be a determining factor in presenting symptoms and signs, disease process, and response to treatment.
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spelling doaj-art-e923302e0d9b4adaa44decb338d8a2da2025-08-20T02:21:53ZengWileyCase Reports in Medicine1687-96271687-96352011-01-01201110.1155/2011/709264709264Variable Clinical Presentations of Riedel's Thyroiditis: Report of Two CasesHamidreza Zakeri0Zahra Kashi1Tehran University of Medical Sciences, P.O. Box 13185-1678, Tehran, IranMazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, IranRiedel's thyroiditis is a rare inflammatory disease of the thyroid gland and has been reported in 0.05% of thyroid surgeries. Herein we report two cases of Riedel's thyroiditis with variable clinical presentations. One of these cases was a 51-year-old man who was presented with hypothyroidism and the other a 17-year-old young male with thyrotoxicosis. In these cases, age may be a determining factor in presenting symptoms and signs, disease process, and response to treatment.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/709264
spellingShingle Hamidreza Zakeri
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Variable Clinical Presentations of Riedel's Thyroiditis: Report of Two Cases
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title Variable Clinical Presentations of Riedel's Thyroiditis: Report of Two Cases
title_full Variable Clinical Presentations of Riedel's Thyroiditis: Report of Two Cases
title_fullStr Variable Clinical Presentations of Riedel's Thyroiditis: Report of Two Cases
title_full_unstemmed Variable Clinical Presentations of Riedel's Thyroiditis: Report of Two Cases
title_short Variable Clinical Presentations of Riedel's Thyroiditis: Report of Two Cases
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