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• Hashimoto thyroiditis
  12 January 2006

  Hashimoto’s thyroiditis; Struma lymphomatosa (lymphocytic thyroiditis); chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis, Hashimoto thyroiditis, thyroid autoimmunity
  Definition: Hashimoto thyroiditis (or chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis) is the most common cause of hypothyroidism in areas of the world where iodine levels are sufficient. It is characterized by gradual thyroid failure because of autoimmune destruction of the thyroid gland.
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  Cytology FNA : (...)

• xeroderma pigmentosum
  6 March 2004

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• thanatophoric dysplasia
  5 July 2005

  thanatophoric dwarfism, thanatophoric dysplasias

• pseudomembranous colitis
  10 January 2005

  Defintion : The pseudomembranous colitis inflammatory pattern is associated with infections primarily caused by Clostridium difficile and less frequently by other bacteria (E. coli, Shigella).
  A similar pattern may be caused by ischemia, certain drugs and radiation injury.
  The diffuse distribution of the lesions favor an infectious or drug induced etiology. The localized distribution of the lesions favor an ischemic etiology.
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• subcutaneous fat necrosis of the newborn
  11 June 2004

  Cutaneous fat necrosis of the newborn
  Definition: Subcutaneous fat necrosis of the newborn (SCFN) is a rare disorder with different etiologies. There are no epidemiologic data available for SCFN.
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  Subcutaneous fat necrosis of newborn : lobular panniculitis with needle-shaped clefts in radial array
  https://twitter.com/JJSpeiserMD/status/793158471533338624
  Clinical synopsis
  Subcutaneous fat necrosis of the newborn (SCFN) is characterized by painful, firm, erythematous nodules (...)

• hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis
  22 February 2005

  FHLs, HPLH, HLH, familial erythrophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis, familial hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis, familial hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytoses
  Definition: Familial hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (FHL) is a rare, fatal disorder of early infancy.
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  hepatic erythrophagocytosis in hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis
  https://twitter.com/GIPathologyURMC/status/889533077118214144
  See also
  erythrophagocytosis
  hepatic erythrophagocytosis
  Hemophagocytic (...)

• Wolman disease
  8 June 2004

  lysosomal acid lipase deficiency. Ent. 1956, Nom. 1961

• cutaneous north american brugiasis
  1 February 2010

  See also
  filariases
  brugiasis
  References
  Zoonotic deep cutaneous filariasis—three pediatric cases from Québec, Canada. Kokta V. Pediatr Dermatol. 2008 Mar-Apr;25(2):230-2. PMID: #18429786#
  Zoonotic Brugia infection in western Michigan. Eberhard ML, DeMeester LJ, Martin BW, Lammie PJ. Am J Surg Pathol. 1993 Oct;17(10):1058-61. PMID: #8372943#
  A Brugia species infecting rabbits in the northeastern United States. Eberhard ML, Telford SR 3rd, Spielman A. J Parasitol. 1991 (...)

• infantile myofibromatosis
  9 February 2006

  Definition: Infantile myofibromatosisis is defined by the presence of multiple infantile myofibromas. Infantile myofibromatosis is a term coined by Chung and Enzinger.
  It exclusively affects infants and young children, with 60% of cases noted at birth or shortly thereafter and more than 80% occurring before the age of 2 years.
  Infantile myofibromatosis is one of the most commonly occurring tumors of the neonatal period, presenting in both solitary and multicentric forms.
  Most solitary (...)

• Graves hyperthyroidism
  12 January 2006

  Graves’ disease

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