title: Amyloid goiter in a child with familial Mediterranean fever.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of Graz, Austria.
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Mache
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schwingshandl
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ring
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pfleger
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Borkenstein
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D007454:Iodides; D013963:Thyroid Hormones; D013974:Thyroxine; D003078:Colchicine