A patient presenting with subacute thyroiditis who had evidence of chlamydial infection is reported.

Toshiya Fujisato, Dohiko Terada, Kenji Minatoya, Kenichi Yoshida, Kazuo Niwaya Akio Kishida, Shigehiro Hashimoto, Takeshi Nakatani, Soichiro Kitamura National Cardiovascular Center, Suita, Japan Japan Association for the Advancement of Medical Equipment, Tokyo, Japan Fundation for Biomedical Research and Innovation, Kobe, Japan Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan Osaka Institute o...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the effect of autoimmune thyroiditis (AIT) on risk of stroke and to assess whether any increased risk (1) varied by AIT duration, and (2) was independent of classic cardiovascular risk factors. METHODS This was a large historical cohort study using data from The Health Improvement Network Database. Rates of first stroke during follow-up in thyroxine-treated patients w...

Tuberculosis of the thyroid gland is a rare entity, and primary tuberculosis of thyroid is even uncommon. At one time, it was believed that thyroid gland is relatively immune to tuberculosis. There are about 200 cases of thyroid tuberculosis that had been reported in world literature. These include 156 cases reviewed by Goldfarb et al (Am J Med 1965;38:825) and 1 each by Crompton et al (Tubercl...

It would appear from the literature that hypothyroidism is rare in male diabetics. Serologically, there is an established association between autoimmune thyroiditis and diabetes mellitus. However, very little clinical evidence has been produced to confirm these finidings. A series of four male insulin-dependent diabetics with hypothyroidism, including three who had latent pernicious anaemia, we...

Ten hypothyroid patients with Hashimoto's thyroiditis were treated with methimazole 30 mg in addition to thyroxine 0.15 mg daily. Another 10 hypothyroid patients with Hashimoto's thyroiditis were given thyroxine 0.15 mg alone. After 22 weeks of treatment significant decreases in thyroid microsomal autoantibody titres were observed in both groups (p less than 0.01). There was no difference in th...

To add to that, I have Hashimoto's, a reason why I am a bit worried about taking birth control pills. I would seriously prefer birth control pills (while using the condoms of course), but friends who have had hypothyroidism have warned me against birth control unless I begin taking thyroid supplements (which I have been advised are premature at this stage). I would really like to know if this i...