Abstract
We report an unusual thyroid lesion showing histologic features of both Reidel's disease and fibrosing Hashimoto's thyroiditis in a 57-year-old white female. The clinical presentation was hypothyroidism associated with a solitary firm to hard cold nodule replacing the entire right lobe of thyroid gland. Pathological examination demonstrated extensive replacement of the thyroid parenchyma with dense keloidal fibrosis, intermixed well-developed lymphoid follicles, scattered lymphocytes, and plasma cells. The fibrotic process extended into the perithyroidal soft tissues and skeletal muscle with complete obliteration of the thyroid capsule. These findings were consistent with Reidel's disease. However, the immunohistochemical stains for B and T markers and immunoglobulin light chains showed an immunoprofile consistent with Hashimoto's thyroiditis. This combination of Reidel's disease and fibrosing Hashimoto's thyroiditis is rare and coincidental, as both represent two distinct clinicopathological entities.
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