The clinical case of IgG4-related thyroid disease in a 6-year-old child

• DOI: 10.14341/probl13379
• Publication Date: 2024-05-22T15:18:14Z
• Authors: A. A. Kolodkina; N. A. Zubkova; L. S. Urusova; S. P. Bondarenko; D. N. Brovin; A. V. Anikiev; O. B. Bezlepkina
• Keywords: Thyroid disease; Subacute thyroiditis; Rare disease; IgG4-Related Disease; Infiltration (HVAC)

IgG4-related disease is a rare chronic pathology manifested by lymphoplasmacytic infiltration of one or more organs, the formation storiform fibrosis, tissue edema, and an increase IgG4 in blood. This was singled out as independent nosological unit only 2001. The incidence less than 1 100,000 people per year. Almost any organ can be affected disease. association Riedel's thyroiditis with established 2010. extremely inflammatory thyroid gland, which diagnosis complicated atypical course absence characteristic symptoms. Less 300 clinical cases have been described world, two from them were children. article presents case 6-year-old boy thyroiditis.