Lymphocytic thyroiditis

lymphocytic-thyroiditis

The final member of the thyroiditis quartet is lymphocytic thyroiditis (also called silent thyroiditis). This type of thyroiditis is characterized histologically by – you guessed it – a ton of lymphocytes (as in the image above). (more…)

Hashimoto thyroiditis

hashimoto thyroiditis

We’ve been discussing thyroiditis lately (see posts from 4/27/09 and 4/28/09). There are four kinds of thyroiditis: Hashimoto, subacute granulomatous, lymphocytic, and fibrosing. (more…)

Left shift

left-shift

The term “left shift” means that a particular population of cells is “shifted” towards more immature precursors (meaning that there are more immature precursors present than you would normally see). (more…)