title: [Riedel's thyroiditis. Personal experience].
abstract: The Riedel's thyroiditis, also called "wood's thyroiditis", is a rare chronic "inflammatory" disease of unknown etiology, relatively frequent in female >45-50 years, characterized by a fibrotic process that pervades thyroid and neighbouring structures (vessels, muscles, oesophagus, trachea upper- mediastinum). The authors discuss about three cases of Riedel's thyroiditis and report the outcome after total thyroidectomy in two cases and sub-total resection in the other one.
authors.affiliation: Università degli Studi di Messina, U.O.C. di Chirurgia Generale e Mininvasiva.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Calbo
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sciglitano
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Calbo
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Niceta
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Melita
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Catalfamo
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005355:Fibrosis; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D013966:Thyroiditis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery