hashitoxicosis

Hyperthyroidism associated with Hashimoto's thyroiditis (chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis) usually transient with progression to hypothyroidism.

General

Hashimoto's thyroiditis; chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis; struma lymphomatosa; lymphadenoid goiter; primary myxedema hyperthyroidism

References

Saunders Manual of Medical Practice, Rakel (ed), WB Saunders, Philadelphia, 1996, pg 646-650