Hashimoto's thyroiditis and its relationship to other thyroid diseases
Holmes, H.B.; Kreutner, A.; O'Brien, P.H.
Surgery Gynecology and Obstetrics 144(6): 887-890
1977
ISSN/ISBN: 0039-6087 PMID: 577053 Document Number: 117016
The experience of the Medical University of South Carolina with Hashimoto's thyroiditis revealed an 8.3 per cent incidence of carcinoma. The most common type of carcinoma was an associated lymphoma. There was an additional 8.3 per cent incidence of a benign adenoma. Needle biopsy as a mechanism for diagnosing Hashimoto's disease, we believe, is inaccurate. A larger aliquot of tissue should be removed for the pathologist if there is a suspicion of an associated tumor. An open biopsy permits the pathologist to make an accurate diagnosis with a minimal amount of morbidity.