Histiocytosis X with thyroid involvement: report of a case. 1992

L P Lai, and C C Chang, and K S Tsai, and P T Chang
Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, R.O.C.

Histiocytosis X is a disease of histiocyte proliferation in response to some unknown etiology. Thyroid involvement is extremely rare in the literature. In this paper, we present an 18-year-old female with histiocytosis X with thyroid involvement. This patient had had a goiter with normal thyroid function since 12 years of age. A thyroidectomy was done under the suspicion of thyroid cancer. Pathology revealed histiocytosis X. Hypoparathyroidism and hypothyroidism were noted after the operation and were treated with thyroid hormone, vitamin D and calcium carbonate. This patient also had lesions on the left side of mandible, in the suprasellar region and possibly in the right mastoid. A curettage biopsy of her mandibular lesion was also compatible with histiocytosis X. She was proven to have hypothalamic and pituitary dysfunction including hypogonadism and hypoadrenalism. Her thyroid lesion did not recur after the thyroidectomy. The toothache that she had also experienced subsided after the curettage biopsy of the mandibular lesion. Hypothalamic and pituitary dysfunction were controlled by hormone replacement. Because her disease had been running a benign clinical course, no chemotherapy was given.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008334 Mandible The largest and strongest bone of the FACE constituting the lower jaw. It supports the lower teeth. Mylohyoid Groove,Mylohyoid Ridge,Groove, Mylohyoid,Grooves, Mylohyoid,Mandibles,Mylohyoid Grooves,Mylohyoid Ridges,Ridge, Mylohyoid,Ridges, Mylohyoid
D005260 Female Females
D006042 Goiter Enlargement of the THYROID GLAND that may increase from about 20 grams to hundreds of grams in human adults. Goiter is observed in individuals with normal thyroid function (euthyroidism), thyroid deficiency (HYPOTHYROIDISM), or hormone overproduction (HYPERTHYROIDISM). Goiter may be congenital or acquired, sporadic or endemic (GOITER, ENDEMIC). Goiters
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000293 Adolescent A person 13 to 18 years of age. Adolescence,Youth,Adolescents,Adolescents, Female,Adolescents, Male,Teenagers,Teens,Adolescent, Female,Adolescent, Male,Female Adolescent,Female Adolescents,Male Adolescent,Male Adolescents,Teen,Teenager,Youths
D013961 Thyroid Gland A highly vascularized endocrine gland consisting of two lobes joined by a thin band of tissue with one lobe on each side of the TRACHEA. It secretes THYROID HORMONES from the follicular cells and CALCITONIN from the parafollicular cells thereby regulating METABOLISM and CALCIUM level in blood, respectively. Thyroid,Gland, Thyroid,Glands, Thyroid,Thyroid Glands,Thyroids
D015614 Histiocytosis General term for the abnormal appearance of histiocytes in the blood. Based on the pathological features of the cells involved rather than on clinical findings, the histiocytic diseases are subdivided into three groups: HISTIOCYTOSIS, LANGERHANS CELL; HISTIOCYTOSIS, NON-LANGERHANS-CELL; and HISTIOCYTIC DISORDERS, MALIGNANT. Histiocytoses

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