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  • Title: [Hashimoto's thyroiditis with intra-thyroid production of a monoclonal antithyroglobulin autoantibody].
    Author: Karsenty G, Timsit J, Casadevall N, Dighiero G, Tulliez M, Mathiot C, Thomsen M, Joly J, Luton JP.
    Journal: Ann Endocrinol (Paris); 1986; 47(5):395-8. PubMed ID: 3103521.
    Abstract:
    A 46-year old man had an Hashimoto's thyroiditis. The disease was particular by the voluminous goiter, associated with pressure symptoms and by the presence of a monoclonal Ig.G Kappa. Because of a possibly associated lymphoma of the thyroid, a total thyroidectomy was performed. Post-operative course showed a rapid and total disappearance of monoclonal Ig.G and antithyroglobulin autoantibodies. There was no pathological feature of thyroid malignancy. We could show that the monoclonal Ig.G bore an antithyroglobulin activity and that this monoclonal antithyroglobulin autoantibody was produced with in the thyroid. This case demonstrate that a monoclonal proliferation can arise from autoreactive B lymphocytes infiltrating the thyroid during Hashimoto's thyroiditis. Such a mechanism could explain, in some cases, the well-known association between lymphomas of the thyroid and Hashimoto's thyroiditis.
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