PMID: 11914477Mar 27, 2002Paper

Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis with amyloid goiter: report of a case with review of the literature

Endocrine Pathology
A SrivastavaA Mithal

Abstract

Clinically significant enlargement of the thyroid owing to amyloid deposition is a rare occurrence. A 23-yr-old female, a case of juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, developed rapidly increasing thyromegaly during the course of her illness with complaints of dyspnea and dysphagia. Thyroid function tests were within normal limits. Fine-needle aspiration cytology proved inconclusive. Total thyroidectomy was done for symptomatic relief with a preoperative clinical impression of malignancy. Histopathologic findings were consistent with amyloid goiter. The findings of this case are presented, to emphasize the difficulties in making a definite preoperative diagnosis, along with a brief review of the literature.

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Aug 22, 2009·Endocrine Pathology·Asmaa G Abdou, Mona A Kandil
Dec 26, 2013·Case Reports in Medicine·Gungor UzumYavuz Selim Sari
Aug 3, 2011·Endocrinología y nutrición : órgano de la Sociedad Española de Endocrinología y Nutrición·Miguel Pinto ValdiviaJaime Villena Chávez
Apr 4, 2006·Arthritis and Rheumatism·Peter A Nigrovic, Patience H White
Jun 24, 2010·Endocrine Practice : Official Journal of the American College of Endocrinology and the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists·Didem OzdemirTomris Erbas
Nov 25, 2003·Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology·N DuzgünM Duman

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