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Case Report of a Mother and Three Daughters, Two of Whom Are Monovular Twins

ELMER HOFFMAN, MD

AMA Arch Surg. 1966;92(6):865-867.

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THE PURPOSE of this report is to describe the occurrence of Hashimoto's thyroiditis in a mother and her three daughters, two of whom are monovular twins. All of these cases became symptomatic over a two-year period.

The familial incidence of struma lymphomatosa was first reported in 1959.¹ Subsequent reports appeared in 1960,² 1961,³ 1962,^4,5 1963,⁶ and 1964.⁷

It is well known that various thyroid diseases such as hypothyroidism, hyperthyroidism, and nodular, nontoxic goiter may arise in members of the same family.^8,9 Hashimoto's thyroiditis may be transmitted on a genetic basis.^6,8 Evidence has also been presented suggesting genetic predisposition to thyroid autoimmunity.^3,6,8 Hung and Winship⁶ report a case of a mother and daughter with Hashimoto's thyroiditis with serologic and histologic confirmation. Irvine et al³ report struma lymphomatosa in both members of two pairs of monovular twins. Zarno and Guerra⁷ . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
BALTIMORE

From the departments of surgery, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Hospital and the Sinai Hospital of Baltimore.

Footnotes
Submitted for publication Nov 17, 1965.

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