Painful immunoglobulin G4-related thyroiditis treated by total thyroidectomy

Korean J Intern Med. 2016 Mar;31(2):399-402. doi: 10.3904/kjim.2014.283. Epub 2016 Feb 26.

Authors

Ihn Suk Lee¹, Jung Uee Lee², Kwan-Ju Lee³, Yi Sun Jang¹, Jong Min Lee¹, Hye Soo Kim¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.
² Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.
³ Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.

No abstract available

Keywords: Hashimoto thyroiditis; IgG4-related disease; Immunoglobulin G.

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Adult
Biomarkers / analysis
Biopsy
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Goiter / complications
Goiter / diagnostic imaging
Goiter / immunology
Goiter / surgery*
Humans
Immunoglobulin G / analysis*
Pain / diagnosis
Pain / etiology*
Predictive Value of Tests
Thyroid Gland / diagnostic imaging
Thyroid Gland / immunology
Thyroid Gland / pathology
Thyroid Gland / surgery*
Thyroidectomy*
Thyroiditis / complications
Thyroiditis / diagnostic imaging
Thyroiditis / immunology
Thyroiditis / surgery*
Treatment Outcome
Ultrasonography

Substances

Biomarkers
Immunoglobulin G