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Rituximab: a novel remedy for refractory Riedel’s thyroiditis.
Endocrinol Diabetes Metab Case Rep. 2018;2018:
Authors: Hunt L, Harrison B, Bull M, Stephenson T, Allahabadia A
Summary
This case report evaluations the uncommon situation of Riedel’s thyroiditis by way of a affected person case. The report highlights the difficulties that one could encounter when managing such a case with regard to affected person signs, unwanted effects of medicines and the relapsing nature of the situation. The case report additionally highlights novel remedy within the remedy of Riedel’s thyroiditis, rituximab, how this works and the decision of signs that now we have achieved with our affected person on this remedy.
Studying factors: Riedel’s thyroiditis is characterised by continual irritation, which causes dense fibrosis within the thyroid gland.Riedel’s thyroiditis can current with neck ache, dysphagia and dyspnoea with a agency, non-tender mass discovered on examination.Riedel’s thyroiditis is a part of the IgG4-related systemic problems.Rituximab is a monoclonal antibody that works in opposition to the protein CD20.
PMID: 29472985 [PubMed]