[Riedel's thyroiditis. Personal experience].
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.
Calbo
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Università degli Studi di Messina, U.O.C. di Chirurgia Generale e Mininvasiva.
Sciglitano
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P
Calbo
E
E
Niceta
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M
Melita
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G
Catalfamo
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A
D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005355:Fibrosis; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D013966:Thyroiditis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery