Hypothyroidism resident survival guide

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief:

Overview

This section provides a short and straight to the point overview of the disease or symptom. The first sentence of the overview must contain the name of the disease.

Causes


Hypothyroidism can be classified based on the location of the pathology or based on etiology as shown in the table below.[1] [2] [3] [4]

Causes of hypothyroidism
Primary hypothyroidim Central hypothyroidism

( Secondary and Tertiary )

Congenital hypothyroidism
Auto immune Drug induced Iatrogenic Transient

Hypothyroidism

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


Common cause 1

Diagnosis

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Treatment

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Do's

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Don'ts

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References

  1. Rizzo LFL, Mana DL, Serra HA (2017). "Drug-induced hypothyroidism". Medicina (B Aires). 77 (5): 394–404. PMID 29044016.
  2. Falhammar H, Juhlin CC, Barner C, Catrina SB, Karefylakis C, Calissendorff J (2018). "Riedel's thyroiditis: clinical presentation, treatment and outcomes". Endocrine. 60 (1): 185–192. doi:10.1007/s12020-018-1526-3. PMC 5845586. PMID 29380231.
  3. Gupta V, Lee M (2011). "Central hypothyroidism". Indian J Endocrinol Metab. 15 (Suppl 2): S99–S106. doi:10.4103/2230-8210.83337. PMC 3169862. PMID 21966662.
  4. Vural Ç, Paksoy N, Gök ND, Yazal K (2015). "Subacute granulomatous (De Quervain's) thyroiditis: Fine-needle aspiration cytology and ultrasonographic characteristics of 21 cases". Cytojournal. 12: 9. doi:10.4103/1742-6413.157479. PMC 4453108. PMID 26085833.


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