Hashimoto Med.
(hæʃɪˈməʊtəʊ)
The name of H. Hashimoto (1881–1934), Japanese surgeon, used in the possessive to designate struma lymphomatosa, a disease (described by him in 1912), usu. of women and probably of autoimmune origin, in which the thyroid is enlarged, usu. symmetrically, and infiltrated by lymphoid tissue, as Hashimoto's disease, Hashimoto goitre, Hashimoto struma (lymphomatosa), Hashimoto thyroiditis.
| 1935 Arch. Surg. XXXI. 424 No cervical adenitis is present in association with Hashimoto's struma. 1936 Stedman Med. Dict. (ed. 13) 475/2 Hashimoto's disease, struma lymphomatosa. 1937 J. H. Means Thyroid & its Dis. xix. 503 The histology of Hashimoto's goiter is that of extensive lymphoid infiltration. 1956 Jrnl. Clin. Endocrinol. XVI. 1570 (title) An unusual iodinated protein of the serum in Hashimoto's thyroiditis. 1962 Times 30 Nov. 19/4 Hashimoto's disease, in which there is a gradual destruction of the thyroid gland. 1968 Brit. Med. Bull. XXIV. 224/2 Shown are the observed frequencies of occurrence of signs, symptoms and results of laboratory tests in three diseases: Hashimoto's disease, simple goitre and thyroid cancer. 1972 Bastenie & Ermans Thyroiditis & Thyroid Function v. 110 The formal criteria of Hashimoto's goitre, namely a recently developed symmetrical and homogeneous goitre, the presence of very high thyroid antibody titres, and the diffuse lesions characteristic of the disease. Ibid. 118 The progress of untreated Hashimoto's thyroiditis is variable. |