Hashimoto's thyroiditis
Tiroiditis de Hashimoto
- Date
- 1912 · confidence high
- Place
- Imperial Kyūshū University, Fukuoka, Japan
- Credited to
- Hashimoto Hakaru
- People
- 👤 Hakaru Hashimoto1881–1934
- Field
- Life & health
What was discovered
Description of a goitre with lymphocytic infiltration of the thyroid. In 1956 it was recognised as the first organ-specific autoimmune disease.
What it led to
- the concept of organ-specific autoimmune disease
- diagnosis of autoimmune hypothyroidism