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Overview
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Causes
| Primary hypothyroidim
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Congenital hypothyroidism
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Central hypothyroidism
( secondary and tertiary )
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| Auto immune
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Drug induced
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Iatrogenic
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Transient
Hypothyroidism
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Infiltrative disorders
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Genetic causes
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Iatrogenic
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Tumors
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Vascular
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Infiltrative
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Infectious
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Miscellaneous
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- Hashimotos thyroiditis
- Atrophic thyroiditis
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- Thionamides
- Lithium
- Amiodarone
- Iodine containing contrast agents
- Interferon - alfa
- Tyrosine kinase inhibitor
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- Subtotal or Total thyroidectomy
- Radioiodine therapy
- External radiation of neck
- Iodine deficiency
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- .Subacute granulomatous thyroiditis
- Postpartum thyroiditis
- Painless (silent, lymphocytic) thyroiditis
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- Amyloidosis
- Sarcoidosis
- Hemochromatosis
- Scleroderma
- Cystinosis
- Reidel's thyroiditis( fibrous thyroiditis )
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- Thyroid dysgenesis
- Thyroid agenesis
- Thyroid dyshormonogenesis
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- TRH deficiency
- Isolated CeH
- Inactive TSH
- Inactive TRH receptor
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- Post pituitary surgery
- Post external radiation
- Drugs : GH therapy, Glucocorticoids, RXR agonists, Salicylates, Dopamine
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- Pituitary macro adenoma
- Craniopharyngioma
- Meningioma
- Glioma
- Rathke cleft cyst
- Metastatic
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- Hemorrhage: Pituitary apoplexy, Subarachnoid hemorrhage
- Ischemic: Postpartum pituitary necrosis
- Aneurysm
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- Hemochromatosis
- Histiocytosis
- Sarcoidosis
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- Syphilis
- Bacterial abscess
- Tuberculosis
- Toxoplasmosis
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- Transient: over replacement of T4 in primary hypothyroidism, Sick euthyroid state
- Trauma: head injury
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Do's
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Don'ts
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