Hepatitis C virus and Hashimoto's thyroiditis

A Tran; J F Quaranta; C Beusnel; V Thiers; M De Souza; E François; X Hébuterne; P Rampal

Hepatitis C virus and Hashimoto's thyroiditis

Eur J Med. 1992 May;1(2):116-8.

Authors

A Tran¹, J F Quaranta, C Beusnel, V Thiers, M De Souza, E François, X Hébuterne, P Rampal

Affiliation

¹ Department of Gastroenterology, Archet Hospital, Nice, France.

PMID: 1342367

Abstract

We report two cases of Hashimoto's thyroiditis associated with chronic active hepatitis C virus (HCV). Our data suggest that HCV infection might be involved in this autoimmune disease.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Female
Hepatitis C / complications*
Hepatitis, Chronic / complications*
Humans
Thyroiditis, Autoimmune / diagnosis
Thyroiditis, Autoimmune / microbiology*