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…)
Thyroiditis means inflammation of the thyroid gland. You probably already know this, but just to be thorough: the suffix “itis” means inflammation. So appendicitis = inflammation of the appendix, meningitis = inflammation of the meninges, dermatitis = inflammation of the skin, etc.
There are four kinds of thyroiditis: Hashimoto, subacute granulomatous, lymphocytic, and fibrosing. (more…)
We talked a bit about thyroiditis yesterday. Here’s another kind of thyroiditis: fibrosing (or Riedel) thyroiditis. (more…)
“Thyroiditis” means “inflammation of the thyroid gland” (any time you see “-itis,” think “inflammation”). (more…)
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…)
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