Shaheed Heheshti University of Medical Sciences,Iran.
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SUMMARY
During the course of systemic lupus erythematosus in a 10 year-old girl, a go it er develo ped. Subc linical I ly pothyrnic.Jism was found, in addition rising titer of ant imicrosomal antibody and overt hypothyroidism after 6-week cessation of thyroxin tablet lead to the diagnosis of Hashimoto's thyroiditis.
Antibodies directed to the thyroid may result in an autoimmune thyroiditis in a small number of patients.
WI IO class IV (diffuse proliferative lupus nephritis) Which is the most common and most severe form of lupus nep hritis developed in the course of disease. Patient's lupus nephritis was resistant to treatment.
The coincidence of two autoimmune diseases, systemic lupus erythematosus and Hashimoto's thyroiditis has been found in only 10 cases. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case described in the Iranian literature.