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'''Riedel thyroiditis''' is a rare benign pathology of the [[thyroid gland]]. | |||
It is also known as '''invasive fibrous thyroiditis'''.<ref name=pmid21568724>{{Cite journal | last1 = Fatourechi | first1 = MM. | last2 = Hay | first2 = ID. | last3 = McIver | first3 = B. | last4 = Sebo | first4 = TJ. | last5 = Fatourechi | first5 = V. | title = Invasive fibrous thyroiditis (Riedel thyroiditis): the Mayo Clinic experience, 1976-2008. | journal = Thyroid | volume = 21 | issue = 7 | pages = 765-72 | month = Jul | year = 2011 | doi = 10.1089/thy.2010.0453 | PMID = 21568724 }}</ref> | |||
==General== | |||
Clinical features:<ref name=pmid21568724/> | |||
*Extremely rare. | |||
*Women > men. | |||
*Usually smokers. | |||
*May be associated with ''[[retroperitoneal fibrosis]]''. | |||
*May be hypothyroid. | |||
*+/-Obstructive symptoms. | |||
==Microscopic== | |||
Features: | |||
*Fibrosis. | |||
*Specimen often fragmented as it was difficult to remove. | |||
DDx: | |||
*[[Anaplastic thyroid carcinoma|Anaplastic carcinoma]], spindle cell variant. | |||
*[[Multifocal fibrosing thyroiditis]]. | |||
==See also== | |||
*[[Thyroid gland]]. | |||
==References== | |||
{{Reflist|1}} | |||
[[Category:Diagnosis]] | [[Category:Diagnosis]] | ||
[[Category:Endocrine pathology]] | |||
Latest revision as of 15:30, 17 October 2017
Riedel thyroiditis is a rare benign pathology of the thyroid gland.
It is also known as invasive fibrous thyroiditis.[1]
General
Clinical features:[1]
- Extremely rare.
- Women > men.
- Usually smokers.
- May be associated with retroperitoneal fibrosis.
- May be hypothyroid.
- +/-Obstructive symptoms.
Microscopic
Features:
- Fibrosis.
- Specimen often fragmented as it was difficult to remove.
DDx:
- Anaplastic carcinoma, spindle cell variant.
- Multifocal fibrosing thyroiditis.