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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| 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 Zahra Kashi Variable Clinical Presentations of Riedel's Thyroiditis: Report of Two Cases Case Reports in Medicine |
| 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 |
| title_sort | variable clinical presentations of riedel s thyroiditis report of two cases |
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