Spontaneous Remission from Primary Hypothyroidism
Authors: Toshihide Yamamoto, Hiromi Sakamoto
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1978)

Brief Reports1 June 1978Spontaneous Remission from Primary HypothyroidismTOSHIHIDE YAMAMOTO, M.D., HIROMI SAKAMOTO, M.D.TOSHIHIDE YAMAMOTO, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, HIROMI SAKAMOTO, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-88-6-808 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptPrimary hypothyroidism in adults has been thought to be an end-result of the destructive process of chronic thyroiditis (1, 2), for which life-long replacement therapy with desiccated thyroid or its equivalent has been an accepted method of treatment. In a recent issue of this journal, Amino and associates (3) described their experience with transient hypothyroidism, which they observed in 14 postpartum women. We found a young woman spontaneously recovered from hypothyroidism accompanied by goiter, which was not associated with pregnancy.A 24-year-old woman had been well until April 1976, when she noticed easy fatigability and swelling of a few cervical...References1. BEIERWALTES W: Thyroiditis. Ann NY Acad Sci 124:586-604, 1965 CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. BUCHANANHARDEN WR: Primary hypothyroidism and Hashimoto's thyroiditis. Arch Intern Med 115:411-417, 1965 CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. AMINOMIYAIKUROTANIZAWAAZUKIZAWATAKAITANAKANISHIKAWASHIMAKUMAHARA NKROMSFKMY: Transient postpartum hypothyroidism: fourteen cases with autoimmune thyroiditis. Ann Intern Med 87:155-159, 1977 LinkGoogle Scholar4. AMINOMIYAIONISHIHASHIMOTOARAIISHIBASHIKUMAHARA NKTTKKY: Transient hypothyroidism after delivery in autoimmune thyroiditis. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 42:296-301, 1976 CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited ByEffect of Iodine Restriction on Thyroid Function in Patients with Hashimoto’s ThyroiditisActualización clínica de la enfermedad tiroidea autoinmuneThyroïdite chronique auto-immune chez l’enfantDisappearance of Thyrotropin-Blocking Antibodies and Spontaneous Recovery from Hypothyroidism in Autoimmune ThyroiditisThyroiditisTest for recovery from hypothyroidism during thyroxine therapy in Hashimoto's thyroiditisRecovery of Thyroid Function in Primary HypothyroidismTSH DEPENDENT ELEVATION OF SERUM THYROGLOBULIN IN REVERSIBLE PRIMARY HYPOTHYROIDISMOrganic electrosyntheses in industryAutoimmune Thyroid Disease: Immunological, Pathological, and Clinical AspectsCHANGES IN THYROID-STIMULATING AND TSH-BINDING INHIBITORY ACTIVITIES IN A PATIENT WHO DEVELOPED HYPERTHYROIDISM DUE TO GRAVES' DISEASE FOLLOWING PRIMARY HYPOTHYROIDISMNatural course of juvenile autoimmune thyroiditisNatural history of primary myxedemaClinical importance of reversibility in primary goitrous hypothyroidism.Are Silent Thyroiditis and Postpartum Silent Thyroiditis Forms of Chronic Thyroiditis or Different (New) Forms of Viral Thyroiditis?Auto-immunity in Thyroid DiseaseSPONTANEOUS REMISSION OF HYPOTHYROIDISM DUE TO HASHIMOTO'S THYROIDITISTOXICITY OF GLIADIN IN CŒLIAC PATIENTS 1 June 1978Volume 88, Issue 6Page: 808-809KeywordsHypothyroidismInflammationPregnancyThyroid Issue Published: 1 June 1978 PDF DownloadLoading ...