Endocrine Abstracts

The purpose of this study was to describe MRI signs of Hashimoto’s thyroiditis (HT) in patients from the iodine deficient region.30 euthyroid patients with HT from the iodine deficient region and 5 healthy individuals were examined by MRI in FSE T1 and T2 pulse sequences. The diagnosis was confirmed according to the standard criteria.The atrophic form of HT (2 cases) showed the reduction of thyroid volume with denominated lobu...

The mechanism of autoimmune destruction of thyrocytes in pathogenesis of Hashimoto thyroiditis remain unclear. It has been showed that the HT patients produce antibodies to DNA, which are directed against various structures of the nucleus and probably may be involved in process of apoptosis.In order to show that the increased production of anti-DNA antibodies is intrinsic property of HT, but not of another non-autoimmune thyroid diseases, we have measure...