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Ord's thyroiditis is an atrophic form of chronic thyroiditis, an autoimmune disease where the body's own antibodies fight the cells of the thyroid.[1]
It is named after the physician, William Miller Ord, who first described it in 1877 and again in 1888. It has historically been separated from Hashimoto's Thyroiditis which presents with goiters, however some argue they each represent extremes of the same disease and should be classified together as a combined "Ord-Hashimoto’s disease".
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editSigns and symptoms
editThe first sign of Ord's thyroiditis is the atrophy of the thyroid gland from the start this can be identified by ultrasound.[1] Another sign to help identify this disease is the presence of blocking anti-TSH receptors. Ord's thyroiditis can share symptoms with functional hypothyroidism.[2]
Diagnosis
editOrd's thyroiditis can be difficult to identify as its signs can be easy to miss or share symptoms with other diseases. One way to identify Ord's Thyroiditis is by checking for a non-present goiter that is usually present in other forms of thyroiditis. Checking for functional hypothyroidism can help identify if atrophic thyroiditis is present as functional hypothyroidism is associated with and can be caused by Ord's Thyroiditis.[2]
Treatment
editTreatment is as with hypothyroidism, daily thyroxine(T4).[2]
References
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edit- ^ a b Stojković, Mirjana (2022). "Thyroid function disorders". Arhiv za farmaciju. 72 (5): 429–443. doi:10.5937/arhfarm72-39952. ISSN 0004-1963.
- ^ a b c Jara, Luis J.; Vera-Lastra, Olga; Medina, Gabriela (2008), Shoenfeld, Yehuda; Cervera, Ricard; Gershwin, M. Eric (eds.), "Atrophic Thyroiditis", Diagnostic Criteria in Autoimmune Diseases, Totowa, NJ: Humana Press, pp. 221–225, doi:10.1007/978-1-60327-285-8_42, ISBN 978-1-60327-427-2, retrieved 2024-03-09