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HASHIMOTO’S THYROIDITIS • 10 times more common in women • Patient may have other autoimmune diseases like diabetes type 1 or pernicious anemia (Vit. B12 deficiency) • Diagnosed by detecting anti-TPO antibodies in blood and by thyroid scan
LYMPHOCYTIC THYROIDITIS FOLLOWING HYPERTHYROIDISM • When inflammation is due to lymphocyte which is a particular type of white blood cell • Common after pregnancy • Hyperthyroid stage at start followed by a hypothyroid phase that lasts about 6 months after pregnancy and then gets better on its own
Page 1 and 2: Guest Speaker Dr. Abhishek Agarwal
Page 8 and 9: GRAVES DISEASE : • Generalized ov
Page 10 and 11: GRAVES DISEASE • May be associate
Page 12 and 13: THYROIDITIS (inflammation of the gl
Page 14: EXCESSIVE INTAKE OF THYROID HORMONE
Page 20 and 21: THYROID DESTRUCTION SECONDARY TO RA
Page 22: MEDICATIONS • Methimazole and PTU
Page 25 and 26: ULTRASOUND : 1. If there is concern
Page 27 and 28: RADIOIODINE SCANNING AND UPTAKE 1.
Page 29 and 30: • Best technique to rule out canc
Page 31: HYPOTHYROIDISM : • Started at a l
Page 34 and 35: ANTITHYROID DRUGS • Methimazole a
Page 36 and 37: RADIOACTIVE IODINE THERAPY • Radi
Page 38 and 39: RADIOACTIVE IODINE THERAPY • In g
Page 40: SURGERY • The major complication

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