Sentences with phrase «of lymphocytic thyroiditis»
At the present time, the lab values do not support a diagnosis of hypothyroidism for your dog but they do support a diagnosis of lymphocytic thyroiditis, which may eventually lead to hypothyroidism.
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The newer tests for antithyroglobulin antibodies (thyroglobulin autoantibodies) is a pretty good indicator of the presences of lymphocytic thyroiditis.
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On the other hand, iodine may be one of the potential culprits in the dramatic surge in diagnoses of Hashimoto's thyroiditis, also known as autoimmune thyroiditis or chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis, which has occurred in recent years.
It can also be used to suppress or treat some types of goiters like chronic or sub acute lymphocytic thyroiditis or otherwise known as Hashimoto's disease, multinodular kind of goiter, thyroid nodules and management of thyroid cancer.
Hashimoto's thyroiditis is an inflammation of the thyroid gland and sometimes referred to as Hashimoto's disease, chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis and autoimmune thyroiditis.
The tumors cause hyperthyroidism in 10 % of cases which is caused by lymphocytic thyroiditis (inflammation).
In the dog, hypothyroidism is usually caused by one of two diseases: lymphocytic thyroiditis or idiopathic thyroid gland atrophy.
Roughly half of these cases occur due an autoimmune disease of the thyroid gland (termed lymphocytic thyroiditis).
Dr. Lorna Kennedy at the University of Manchester's Centre for Integrated Genomic Medical Research in England has found the haplotype (group of genes), which, when present, double the chances of a Ridgeback becoming hypothyroid due to lymphocytic thyroiditis.
In cases of autoimmune thyroid gland disease (lymphocytic thyroiditis), special blood tests may be sent to a specialty lab to measure levels of abnormal antibodies (antithyroglobulin antibody or autoantibodies to T3 and T4).
Most cases of canine hypothyroidism appear to be caused by infiltrating cells from the immune system — lymphocytes that enter the thyroid gland in a condition called lymphocytic thyroiditis or autoimmune thyroiditis (Graham et al., 2001).
Autoimmune thyroiditis (also called lymphocytic thyroiditis) is the most common cause of primary hypothyroidism in dogs and is known to be an inherited disease.
Lymphocytic thyroiditis, probably immune - mediated, is characterized histologically by a diffuse infiltration of the gland by lymphocytes, plasma cells, and macrophages and results in progressive destruction of follicles and secondary fibrosis.
The two most common causes of adult - onset primary hypothyroidism in dogs include lymphocytic thyroiditis and idiopathic atrophy of the thyroid gland.