Ord's thyroiditis

Ord's disease
Specialty	Endocrinology

Ord's thyroiditis is an atrophic form of chronic thyroiditis, an autoimmune disease where the body's own antibodies fight the cells of the thyroid.

It is named after the physician,

The first sign of Ord's thyroiditis is the atrophy of the thyroid gland from the start this can be identified by ultrasound.^[2] Another sign to help identify this disease is the presence of blocking anti-TSH receptors. Ord's thyroiditis can share symptoms with functional hypothyroidism.^[3]

Pathophysiology

Physiologically,

Ord's thyroiditis usually results in hypothyroidism. Transient hyperthyroid states in the acute phase, (a common observation in Hashimoto's thyroiditis), are rare in Ord's disease.^{[citation needed]}

Diagnosis

Ord's thyroiditis can be difficult to identify as its signs can be easy to miss or share symptoms with other diseases. One way to identify Ord's Thyroiditis is by checking for an atrophied thyroid gland as this is the main symptom of the diseases. Checking for functional hypothyroidism can help identify if atrophic thyroiditis is present as functional hypothyroidism is associated with and can be caused by Ord's Thyroiditis.^[4]

Treatment

Treatment is as with

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Epidemiology

Outside Europe a goitrous form of autoimmune thyroiditis (

• Thyroiditis
• Hypothyroidism
• Hashimoto's thyroiditis
• Thyroxine

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