ACHALASIA AND THYROID DISEASE: COMMON ETIOLOGY OR ONLY COINCIDENCE?

Erkan G., DOĞAN İ., Inal S., Cesur M., CİNDORUK M., POYRAZ A., ...Daha Fazla

NOBEL MEDICUS, cilt.7, sa.3, ss.108-110, 2011 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 7 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2011
  • Dergi Adı: NOBEL MEDICUS
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.108-110
  • Gazi Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

A 47-year-old woman sought medical attention because of progressive disphagia for solids and liquids. She had lost 7 kilograms within the last three months. The physical examination was normal, except an enlarged and nodular thyroid gland. The patient's endoscopic, manometric, and barium swallow studies results were consistent with achalasia. She underwent fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) due to a nodule in the right lobe of the thyroid gland and the cytological examination was reported as lymphocytic thyroiditis. There are few reports about achalasia and accompanying autoimmune thyroid diseases.