Chronic autoimmune thyroiditis

Chronic autoimmune thyroiditis is also called chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis, Hashimoto's thyroiditis, Hashimoto's disease, and so on. In 1912, 4 women with enlarged thyroid were first reported by Hashimoto, whose thyroid tissue “metastasis into lymphoid tissue” [struma lymphomatosa]. These patients developed hypothyroidism after surgery.

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