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==Hashimoto thyroiditis== | ==Hashimoto thyroiditis== | ||
===General=== | ===General=== | ||
*'''This is a clinical diagnosis'''. | |||
**The histomorphologic findings, generally, are '''not''' diagnostic. | |||
Etiology: | |||
*Autoimmune disease leading to hypothyroidism. | *Autoimmune disease leading to hypothyroidism. | ||
**Often genetic/part of a syndrome. | **Often genetic/part of a syndrome. | ||
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*Histologically often not possible to separate from " | *Histologically often '''not''' possible to separate from "non-specific" thyroiditis.<ref name=Ref_Sternberg4_560>{{Ref Sternberg4|560}}</ref> | ||
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