Juvenile dermatomyositis associated with subclinical hypothyroidism due to auto-immune thyroiditis.
We report a rare association of juvenile dermatomyositis with subclinical hypothyroidism due to auto-immune thyroiditis. Although the patient had no symptoms of hypothyroidism, thyroid auto-antibodies remained elevated even after disease remission.
Go
Tohshin
T
Department of Paediatrics, Otsu Red Cross Hospital, 1-1-35 Nagara, Otsu, 520-8511 Japan. masumigo@mbox.kyoto-inet.or.jp
Mitsuyoshi
Izuru
I
D002648:Child; D003882:Dermatomyositis / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007037:Hypothyroidism / Q000150:complications*; D013967:Thyroiditis, Autoimmune / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications*