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Ryosuke Wakatsuki, Masaki Shimizu, Asami Shimbo, Eriko Adachi, Toru Kanamori, Susumu Yamazaki, Tomohiro Udagawa, Kei Takasawa, Kenichi Kashimada, Tomohiro Morio, Masaaki Mori, Atrophic autoimmune thyroiditis complicated with systemic lupus erythematosus, Modern Rheumatology Case Reports, Volume 7, Issue 1, January 2023, Pages 65–67, https://doi.org/10.1093/mrcr/rxac057
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ABSTRACT
Atrophic autoimmune thyroiditis (AAT) is a type of autoimmune thyroiditis that causes hypothyroidism without thyroid enlargement. AAT is distinguished from Hashimoto’s disease (HD) by the absence of thyroid enlargement. AAT is rare in children and clinically characterised by severe primary hypothyroidism. Autoimmune thyroiditis, especially HD, is commonly complicated with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Here, we reported the patient with AAT as the initial presentation of SLE complicated with generalised myxoedema, whose presentation was a diagnostic challenge. This patient illustrates the importance of the early recognition of an atypical presentation of SLE patients with autoimmune thyroiditis. It is possible that similar cases have existed in the past but have been overlooked as HD. A large-scale study is necessary to clarify the reality of AAT in SLE.