title: AUTOIMMUNE HYPOTHYROIDISM IN PATIENT WITH NEUROFIBROMATOSIS-1.
abstract: A 53 year old woman, diagnosed with Neurofibromatosis I with multiple neurfibromas over trunk, upper limb & lower limb, she had café au lait spots on her abdomen skin. She was admitted to the tertiary care setup with the complains of cold intolerance, numbness in the limbs, high blood pressure & constipation, patient also had complain of weight gain, lab revealed high TSH, low Free thyroid hormones & positive anti thyroglobulin antibodies. Case was diagnosed with autoimmune hypothyroidism. This is the first case reported with such association of these two diseases.
authors.forename: Ahmed
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Faraz
authors.forename: Taha
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nafees
authors.forename: Syed Arsalan
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Ahmed
authors.forename: Shahraiz Shah
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Rizvi
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D050031:Hashimoto Disease / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009456:Neurofibromatosis 1 / Q000150:complications*; D013963:Thyroid Hormones / Q000097:blood; D013967:Thyroiditis, Autoimmune / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications*
chemical_list: D013963:Thyroid Hormones