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 ==Riedel thyroiditis==
+*[[AKA]] ''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===
-*Disease of the neck.
+Clinical features:<ref name=pmid21568724/>
-*Thought to be related to ''[[retroperitoneal fibrosis]]''.
+*Extremely rare.
-*Usually hypothyroid.
+*Women > men.
+*Usually smokers.
+*May be associated with ''[[retroperitoneal fibrosis]]''.
+*May be hypothyroid.
 *+/-Obstructive symptoms.
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 DDx:
-*Anaplastic carcinoma - spindle cell variant.
+*[[Anaplastic thyroid carcinoma|Anaplastic carcinoma]], spindle cell variant.
 ==Hashimoto thyroiditis==