006. Rare case of chronic autoimmune thyroiditis Hashimoto with clinical hypothyroidism in a patient treated with rifampin for lung tuberculosis

摘要

BackgroundChronic autoimmune thyroiditis is a nosological entity with a lot of genetic and extrinsic predisposing factors. Females are more exposed than males (3-5:1) with a greater incidence in the age of 20 (10-15%) and in middle age (>55 y) in a percentage of 30-33%. The main characteristic of the disease is high levels of antithyroid antibodies in blood in a percentage of 90% of patients and only 10% of them are affected by a subclinical hypothyroidism .