Dra. Renata Telles Rudge de Aquino – Rua Ourânia 408 05445-030 São Paulo SP Brasil. E-mail: [email protected] Hashimoto’s encephalitis (HE), encephalitis which responds to steroids and is associated with auto-immune thyroiditis, was described by Brain et al. in 1966. Since then, about 100 cases have been described. It is probably under diagnosed as it is not well known. It presents with ...

BACGROUND To assess the contribution of macroprolactin to high serum prolactin levels and their association with thyroid status and thyroid autoimmunity during pregnancy. METHODS 138 pregnant women who suspected of having thyroid dysfunction were studied and divided into three groups according to the thyroid status; group 1; euthyroidism (n 40), group 2; hypothyroidism (n 54), and group 3; hy...

intradermal injection of autologous serum and plasma elicit a cutaneous reactivity in almost 45-60% of patients with chronic idiopathic urticaria (ciu).   this reactivity is associated with the presence of auto antibodies against ige or ige receptors. this study was carried out to compare the cutaneous reactivity of autologous serum and plasma skin tests in a series of patients with ciu for dia...

BACKGROUND The study aims to assess the pattern of thyroid response to combination Interferon-alpha2beta (IFN-alpha) and Ribavirin (RBV) anti-viral therapy in an Australian hepatitis C cohort. These include the prevalence of thyroid dysfunction (TD) including hyperthyroidism and hypothyroidism and their possible predictors, the common overall pattern of thyroid function tests whilst receiving t...

Thyroid dysfunction is the commonest endocrine disorder in pregnancy apart from diabetes. Thyroid hormones are essential for fetal brain development in the embryonic phase. Maternal thyroid dysfunction during pregnancy may have significant adverse maternal and fetal outcomes such as preterm delivery, preeclampsia, miscarriage and low birth weight. In this review we discuss the effect of thyroid...

Introduction While there are well established associations between ulcerative colitis and chronic liver diseases, between active chronic hepatitis and thyroid disease, and between ulcerative colitis and blood and tissue eosinophilia, a patient in whom all these features were manifested has not hitherto been described. Although it is possible that she had two or more unrelated conditions, it is ...

Introduction While there are well established associations between ulcerative colitis and chronic liver diseases, between active chronic hepatitis and thyroid disease, and between ulcerative colitis and blood and tissue eosinophilia, a patient in whom all these features were manifested has not hitherto been described. Although it is possible that she had two or more unrelated conditions, it is ...

BACKGROUND Burning mouth syndrome (BMS) is a chronic, intraoral burning sensation seen mainly in middle-aged and post-menopausal females, without identifiable oral lesions or abnormal laboratory findings, but often associated with psychogenic disorders such as depression. The latter can have a range of causes, including hormonal. OBJECTIVE Since there may be connections between BMS, psychogen...

Objective: To define the prevalence of auto antibodies (Ab) to different organs in young patients with type 1 diabetes (type 1DM). Methods: Ab to thyroid, celiac and adrenal disease was analyzed in 831 type 1 DM patients. Results: Hundred twenty-three (14.8%) had positive thyroid Ab. The risk of developing thyroid Ab was increased in girls (HR 2.3; 95% CI 1.6 3.2, p < 0.0001). Thirty-three (3.9...