title: [Morphology and clinical aspects of immune thyroid diseases].
abstract: The aetiopathogenesis of autoimmune thyroid disease is still a matter for discussion. Morphologically, these illnesses are associated with a broad spectrum of overlapping changes. Thus, pathology cannot serve as the logical basis for a new classification. Therefore this overview makes use of the conventional nomenclature of clinically established entities and includes recently defined lesions. Besides histological characteristics, details of differential diagnostic value are presented in the context of clinical and laboratory data relevant for pathological classification.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Immunologie, Pathologie und Molekularbiologie, Hamburg.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Schröder
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Arndt
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Weinland
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Schuppert
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006111:Graves Disease / Q000145:classification / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D013960:Thyroid Function Tests; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology; D013967:Thyroiditis, Autoimmune / Q000145:classification / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology*