Hashitoxicosis

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Etymology

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Blend of Hashimoto (as in Hashimoto's thyroiditis) +‎ thyrotoxicosis.

Noun

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Hashitoxicosis (uncountable)

  1. (medicine) A transient thyrotoxicosis caused by destructive inflammation of the thyroid follicles due to Hashimoto's thyroiditis.
    • 1997, Robert F. Dons, Endocrine and Metabolic Testing Manual, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 7:
      A T3:T4 ratio > 20 is seen in the hyperthyroidism due to autonomous thyroid over production such as Graves' disease, toxic adenoma, toxic multinodular goiter, or Hashitoxicosis; it can also be seen in iodine deficient states and in patients taking a T3 preparation.
    • 2009, Fredric E. Wondisford, Sally Radovick, Clinical Management of Thyroid Disease E-Book, Elsevier Health Sciences, →ISBN, page 175:
      To complicate the discussion, silent thyroiditis or Hashitoxicosis occurs commonly in the postpartum period.
    • 2009, Acta Cytologica:
      Though fire flares are described in cases of Hashitoxicosis, it should be remembered that their mere presence does not reflect Hashitoxicosis.
    • 2012, Kyriakie Sarafoglou, Georg F. Hoffmann, Karl S. Roth, Pediatric Endocrinology and Inborn Errors of Metabolism, McGraw Hill Professional, →ISBN:
      Occasionally, this entity can be accompanied by the formation of thyroid lymphocytic nodules, in which case Hashitoxicosis needs to be clinically differentiated from a hyperfunctioning adenoma.