Amyloid goiter in a child with familial Mediterranean fever.
A 7 year-old Turkish boy presented with a euthyroid goiter, which was noted during evaluation of familial Mediterranean fever. Amyloid deposits in the thyroid were found on fine-needle aspiration biopsy. Slight involution of the goiter within seven months may be attributed either to colchicine therapy or to treatment with levothyroxine and iodide.
Mache
C J
CJ
Department of Pediatrics, University of Graz, Austria.
Schwingshandl
J
J
Ring
E
E
Pfleger
A
A
Borkenstein
M H
MH
D002648:Child; D003078:Colchicine / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use; D010505:Familial Mediterranean Fever / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D006042:Goiter / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007454:Iodides / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D013963:Thyroid Hormones / Q000097:blood; D013974:Thyroxine / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use
D007454:Iodides; D013963:Thyroid Hormones; D013974:Thyroxine; D003078:Colchicine