Pemphigus foliaceus (PF) is an autoimmune blistering disease presenting in endemic and sporadic forms. The typical presentation is recurrent shallow erosions in a seborrheic distribution. PF has also been found in association with autoimmune diseases such as autoimmune thyroid disease (e.g. toxic nodular goiter and Hashimoto’s thyroiditis). In some patients, PF appears to be triggered by radioi...

Ninety-seven fixed surgical thyroid specimens and 63 unfixed and 40 fixed thyroid specimens from autopsies were examined for their oxalate content. Proteases were used to process the tissue, and the oxalate was determined with an enzymatic assay. The fixed samples were grouped into seven diagnostic categories (diffuse colloid goitre; partially diffuse, partially nodular colloid goitre; nodular ...

BACKGROUND When planning radioactive iodine therapy, it frequently happens, both in Poland and world-wide, that inadequate attention is paid to such easily measurable parameter sas: 1) the serum concentration of thyrotropin (TSH) before administering radioiodine, which is a key factor for extranodular(non-autonomous) iodine uptake of the thyroid gland, 2) thyroid gland iodine uptake, and 3) the...