CASE-REPORT - HASHIMOTOS-THYROIDITIS ASSOCIATED WITH WEGENERS GRANULOMATOSIS

Wegener's granulomatosis is a well-defined systemic vasculitic syndrom e that primarily affects the upper and lower respiratory tracts and th e kidney. Hashimoto's thyroiditis is another autoimmune syndrome with the thyroid as its primary target organ. The relation between Hashimot o's thyroiditis and Wegener's granulomatosis is not reported in the En glish literature. In this article, the authors describe a patient with Hashimoto's thyroiditis in whom fulminant Wegener's granulomatosis su bsequently developed. The immunologic similarities between these two d iseases leads to the consideration that Wegener's granulomatosis possi bly may be another immunologic disorder associated with Hashimoto's th yroiditis,