Thyroiditis
Inflammation of thyroid gland.
Clinically, there are 3 types of thyroiditis.
1- Hashimoto's thyroiditis
2- de Quervain thyroiditis
3- Reidel thyroiditis
HASHIMOTO'S THYROIDITIS
-Most common type of thyroiditis.
-Most common cause of Hypothyroidism in the world where iodine levels are sufficient.
-It is an AUTOIMMUNE disease with the presence of circulating autoantibodies in vast majority of Hashimoto's patients.
-Anti Thyroid peroxidase (90%)
-Anti TSH Receptor and Anti Thyroglobulin (60%)
-Anti NaI Symporter (25%)
PATHOGENESIS:-
Hashimoto's thyroiditis is caused by a breakdown in self-tolerance to thyroid autoantigens.
Note: Hashimoto's thyroiditis has a strong genetic component and associated with polymorphism in immune regulation-associated genes i.e.
1- Cytotoxic T lympocyte-associated antigen-4 (CTLA4)
2- Protein tyrosine phosphatase-22 (PTPN22)
Both of these codes for regulators of T-cell response.
HLA genes associated with Hashimoto's are
HLA B-8
HLA DR-3
HLA DR-5
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