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1Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York.
Lancet (London, England)
|September 2, 1989
Resumen
El agrandamiento de las glándulas salivales, incluidas las glándulas sublinguales, puede ser un signo pasado por alto de hipotiroidismo. Esta hinchazón a menudo se reduce con la terapia de reemplazo de la hormona tiroidea, ayudando al diagnóstico.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Endocrinología Endocrinología.
- Trastornos de las glándulas salivales trastornos de las glándulas salivales
Sus antecedentes:
- El hipotiroidismo es un trastorno endocrino común.
- El agrandamiento de las glándulas salivales es una manifestación conocida pero poco reconocida del hipotiroidismo.
- La literatura histórica destaca el agrandamiento crónico indoloro de las glándulas salivales en el hipotiroidismo.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Para resaltar la importancia del agrandamiento de las glándulas salivales como un indicador diagnóstico potencial para el hipotiroidismo.
- Para volver a enfatizar los hallazgos históricos sobre el agrandamiento de las glándulas salivales en el hipotiroidismo y su relevancia hoy en día.
Principales métodos:
- Revisión de la literatura médica histórica, particularmente publicaciones alemanas de hace 50-60 años, que detallan los cambios en las glándulas salivales en el hipotiroidismo.
- Observación clínica y evaluación del tamaño de las glándulas salivales (parotida, submandibular, sublingual) en pacientes con hipotiroidismo.
Principales resultados:
- El agrandamiento crónico e indoloro de las glándulas salivales, especialmente las glándulas sublingual y parótida, es un hallazgo común en el hipotiroidismo.
- El agrandamiento de la glándula salival observado demuestra una regresión parcial o completa después del inicio de la terapia de reemplazo de la hormona tiroidea.
Conclusiones:
- El agrandamiento de las glándulas salivales, especialmente de las glándulas sublinguales, sirve como un signo clínico valioso, aunque subestimado, para diagnosticar el hipotiroidismo.
- La terapia de reemplazo de la hormona tiroidea puede conducir a la regresión del agrandamiento de la glándula salival, reforzando el vínculo entre estas condiciones.
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