Hypothyroidism differential diagnosis

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Classification Primary hypothyroidism Hashimoto's thyroiditis Secondary hypothyroidism Tertiary hypothyroidism
Differentiating different causes of hypothyroidism
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Differential Diagnosis

• Amyloidosis
• Antithyroid drugs
• Cystinosis
• Dermatosclerosis
• Drugs
• Hashimoto's Thyroiditis
• Head and neck surgery
• Hemochromatosis
• Iodine deficiency
• Neoplastic
• Peripheral thyroid gland disorder resistance
• Radiation therapy to head neck or chest area
• Radioactive iodine therapy
• Reidel's Thyroiditis
• Sarcoidosis, granulomatous disease
• Scleroderma
• Secondary hypothyroidism
• Silent thyroiditis
• Subacute thyroiditis
• Subtotal thyroidectomy
• Supprative thyroiditis
• Thyreostatic therapy
• Thyroid agenesis, dysgenesis, ectopy
• TSH (thyroid stimulating hormone) deficiency